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The introduction of Amdahl 470
Amdahl start his own company name Amdahl 470 and then release Amdahl 470V/6. Amdahl 470V/6 was one of developments that showed the fast growing power of microcomputer. It was a powerful mainframe computer, ran the same software as IBM System/370 but cost lest, faster and smaller. -
The release of C Programming language
It is used for many general purposes today which helps to features economy of expression, modern control flow and data structures, and a rich set of operators. It was written by Dennis Ritchie and his team base on BCPL and then competed with the source code for Unix in C. -
The development of CP/M
CP/M-first commercially operating system for microcomputer, was written by Gary Kildall. It was used to help one version of program to run many different kinds of computer built around 8-bit microprocessors. Then it was more well known and used as MS-DOS thanks to Microsoft and Tim Patterson. -
First computer in White House
The first computer appeared in the White House due to the administration of Catter with the purpose of assembling databases, tracking correspondence, developing a press release system, and compiling issues and concerns of Congress. Later, an IBM printer was firstly install at Catter term. -
The appearance of Model 400 and 800
Atari 400 and 800 were designs of Atari after the Atari VSC game console. Thank to the game capabilities, these model microcomputers became strong competitors to Apple II, Commodore PET and TRS-80 computers. These were used widely for purpose of gaming with Atari 400 and personal home with Atari 800.
