| 1979 - 1983 |
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1979
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Cellular phone systems are developed and tested
in Tokyo and Chicago |
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1980
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IBM chooses to use PC-DOS, an operating system created
by the little-known company Microsoft, for its new PC |
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1980
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Jean Ichbiah is instrumental in
the development of the programming language Ada, released on December
10, 1980, the anniversary of Ada Lovelace's birthday. |
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1980
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Based on his program Vulcan, Wayne
Ratliff develops dBase II, the original PC database program |
IBM Corporate Archives
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1981
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IBM invents the PC and does not patent the architecture,
leaving the door open for competition |
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1982
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Columbia Data Products develops its own PC, modeled
after IBM's |
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1982
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AutoCAD, a computer-assisted design
software package, is released by Autodisk |
Courtesy of Adobe Systems, Inc
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1982
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John Warnock and Charles Geschke found Adobe Systems
Inc., and development software to improve the relationship between
the PC and the printer |
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1982
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Time magazine selects the computer as its "Man of
the Year" signifying the incredible growing impact of computer
technology on society |
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1982
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Commercial e-mail service is up
and running in 25 cities |
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1983
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Lotus 1-2-3, one of the most important
early applications for the IBM PC, integrates graphics with the
spreadsheet, like VisiCalc did for the Apple II. |
AbleStock
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1983
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DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)
makes TCP/IP the primary Internet protocol, setting the framework
for a globally connected network |
