Computers in the 1980's

By bry159

  • IBMs Personal Computer

    IBM releases the first commercially sold personal computer for homes for $1565.

  • Microsoft DOS released

    Operating system that was released by Microsoft. It is the predecessor to many operating system in use today.

  • Commodore 64 Released

    Had 64 kb of RAM and the price was $595

  • CD-ROM Released

    The CD was developed by Sony for Music playing, but it was also used for data storage.

  • Apple Macintosh

    The competitor to the IBM personal computer is released commercially.

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