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In 1985 two further models (CPC 664 and 6128) with built-in 3-inch floppy disc drive were released. August US MS-DOS 3.0, PC DOS 3.0. Released for the IBM AT, it supported larger hard disks as well as High Density (1.2 MB) 5¼" floppy disks. September US Apple released a 512KB version of the Macintosh, known as the "Fat Mac". End US
[6] [3]: 11-15 Personal Computer: 5150-X14 Unknown March 1983: ISA, 8-bit 5 2 Intel 8088: 4.77 16 KB 64 KB 160 KB none Shipped without keyboard; includes adapter for integration with IBM 3278 terminal systems [6] [8] [3]: 11-15 Personal Computer: 5150-X64 Unknown March 1983: ISA, 8-bit 5 2 Intel 8088: 4.77 16 KB 64 KB 320 KB none
This timeline of Apple products is a list of all computers, phones, tablets, wearables, and other products made by Apple Inc. This list is ordered by the release date of the products. Macintosh Performa models were often physically identical to other models, in which case they are omitted in favor of the identical twin.
TRS-80 Color Computer 1. Tandy also produced the TRS-80 Color Computer, based on the Motorola 6809 processor. This machine was clearly aimed at the home market, where the Model II and above were sold as business machines. It competed directly with the Commodore 64, Apple II, and Atari 8-bit computers.
Commodore began selling the VIC-20 and C64 through mass-market retailers such as K-Mart, in addition to traditional computer stores. By the end of this conflict, Commodore had shipped around 22 million C64s, making the C64 the best-selling computer, until the Raspberry Pi overtook it in 2019.
On this day in 1985, the first Blockbuster video store rental opened in Dallas, Texas. Blockbuster was founded by David Cook, who at the time had owned a computer software business.
Timeline of computing presents events in the history of computing organized by year and grouped into six topic areas: predictions and concepts, first use and inventions, hardware systems and processors, operating systems, programming languages, and new application areas.
1985: Case formally launches Quantum Computer Services from the "ashes" of Control Video, starting the company that would become AOL. 1989 : Quantum Computer Services is renamed America Online.