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1980 - Commodore VIC 21
Three years after the PET was released, the Commodore VIC have been released. This was the beginning of personal computers. -
Apollo Computer DN100
Apollo was one of the first vendors of graphical workstations in the 1980s. Like computer companies at the time and unlike manufacturers of IBM PC compatibles, Apollo produced much of its own hardware and software. -
Commodore 64 Released
The Commodore 64, also known as the C64 or the CBM 64, is an 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International. It has been listed in the Guinness World Records as the highest-selling single computer model of all time. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64 -
Apple introduces the Macintosh
The Macintosh was the first successful mouse-driven computer with a graphical user interface and was based on the Motorola 68000 microprocessor. Its price was $2,500. Applications that came as part of the package included MacPaint, which made use of the mouse, and MacWrite, which demonstrated WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) word processing. Founded by Steve Jobs. This started the war between Mac and all other operating systems. -
Nintendo releases handheld Game boy
The Game Boy is an 8-bit handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. Paved the way for hand held gaming systems to this day.