Five significant computer technologies of the 1980's

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    Computer advances of the 1980's

  • VIC-20 released by Commodore

    VIC-20 released by Commodore
    The successor to Commodores PET personal computer. It was the first personal computer to sell over a million units. Introduced in 1980 and released in 1981.

  • Osbourne 1

    Osbourne 1
    The first portable microcomputer produced by Osbourne Computer Corporation. By todays standards, it wouldn't probably be considered a laptop as it didn't have it's own battery and needed to be plugged in to a socket. Yet, It was physically portable and weighed in approximately 16 lbs.

  • The Macintosh

    The Macintosh
    Apple introduces the Macintosh, considered by many, to be the first commercially successful mouse driven and GUI based computer.

  • The Connection Machine- CM1

    The Connection Machine- CM1
    The Connection Machine CM-1 was the first commercial supercomputer designed expressly for problems of Artificial Intelligence (AI) (http://tamikothiel.com/cm/). Inventor- Danny Hillis.

  • NeXT Cube

    NeXT Cube
    Steve Jobs created the NeXT cube after being forced out of Apple in 1995. The NeXT cubes defining feature was its object oriented multitasking operating system. It allowed for rapid prototyping and development of software applications.