1980's- 1989's tech

By nicklukc

  • Vic-2

    Vic-2
    commodore introduces VIC-2
    This was a home computer for its time it was the less expensive alternative to the PET, it was the first computer to sell over a million units! source:https://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/1981/

  • IBM PC IBM introduces its Personal Computer (PC)

    IBM PC IBM introduces its Personal Computer (PC)
    IBM introduces its Personal Computer (PC)
    Was the first big growth mark for personal computers, it was the first computer to be adopted by industry.

  • Commodore 64 system

    Commodore 64 system
    Commodore introduces the Commodore 64,
    this sold for $595 and came with 64 kb of ram and state of the art graphics for its time. It sold over 22 million units it went into the Guinness book of world records even.

  • Lisa computer

    Lisa computer
    Apple introduces the Lisa computer
    was the first computer to implement the GUI, it was a very import milestone in computing to microsoft.
    sources: https://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/1983/

  • Macintosh

    Macintosh
    Apple Computer launches the Macintosh
    this was featured in the superbowl half time commercial, it was priced at $2,500 it featured the destruction of the big brother and a veiled reference to IBM.
    sources: https://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/1984/

  • Denning Sentry robot

    Denning Sentry robot
    Denning Sentry robot
    Boston-based Denning designed the Sentry robot as a security guard patrolling for up to 14 hours at 3 mph. It radioed an alert about anything unusual in a 150-foot radius. The product, and the company, did not succeed. source:https://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/1985/

  • LMI Lambda

    LMI Lambda
    LMI Lambda The LMI Lambda LISP workstation is introduced. LISP, the preferred language for AI, ran slowly on expensive conventional computers. This specialized LISP computer, both faster and cheaper, was based on the CADR machine designed at MIT by Richard Greenblatt and Thomas Knight. sources: https://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/1986/

  • Acorn Archimedes microcomputer

    Acorn Archimedes microcomputer
    Acorn's ARM RISC microprocessor is first used in the company's Archimedes computer system. One of Britain's leading computer companies, Acorn continued the Archimedes line, which grew to nearly twenty different models, into the 1990s. Acorn spun off ARM as its own company to license microprocessor designs, which in turn has transformed mobile computing with ARM’s low power, high-performance processors and systems-on-chip (SoC). sources:https://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/1987/

  • Mathematica

    Mathematica
    Mathematica is created by Stephen Wolfram, a British scientist. It was a symbolic mathematical programming language used in mathematical, scientific, academic, and engineering fields. Mathematica was a complete ecosystem for computing that allowed symbolic entry of mathematical functions and equations as well as graphical display of the results.
    sources:https://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/1988/

  • Computer defeats master chess player

    Computer defeats master chess player
    David Levy is the first master chess player to be defeated by a computer. The program Deep Thought defeats Levy who had beaten all other previous computer counterparts since 1968
    sources:https://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/1989/