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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
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.
The original IBM Personal Computer, with monitor and keyboard. The IBM Personal Computer, commonly known as the IBM PC, spanned multiple models in its first generation (including the PCjr, the Portable PC, the XT, the AT, the Convertible, and the /370 systems, among others), from 1981 to 1987.
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.
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.
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.
The $1,495 list price was the lowest of seven compatibles with comparable configurations in a September 1985 InfoWorld chart, and under half the price of the $2,820 IBM PC. [10] Along with the Tandy 1000 and Epson Equity series, the Model D was one of the first IBM PC compatible computers to become popular for home use, due to its low price and ...
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.