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pac-man
The game pac-man was released to the public. forever changing video games and consuming many quarters at arcades to this day -
Osborne 1
the first ever "portable" computer is released to the public. it cost 1795$ and came with the relevant software. this would be a precursor to all other portable computers. -
double sided floppy disk
IBM releases a new double sided floppy disk, with up to 320 KB of storage. with this tech people were able to dream larger then before and could be more innovative -
Microsoft word
Microsoft word is released. it wasn't very successful at the time because of how different it was compared to the other word processer, Wordstar. -
LaserJet
HP releases the first ever LaserJet printer. it was very successful at the time.it allowed for printing vertically and horizontally. It had a high quality print compared to its competition. on top of all of this it was quieter the the other printers at the time.
