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Commodore VIC-20
Commodore releases the VIC-20 home computer as the successor to the Commodore PET personal computer. The first computer to sell more than a million units. -
IBM introduces its Personal Computer (PC)
The first IBM PC, formally known as the IBM Model 5150, was based on a 4.77 MHz Intel 8088 microprocessor and used Microsoft´s MS-DOS operating system. -
Commodore 64 system
It sold more than 22 million units. It is recognized by the 2006 Guinness Book of World Records as the greatest selling single computer of all time. -
CD-ROM
Able to hold 550 megabytes of pre-recorded data, CD-ROMs grow out of music Compact Disks (CDs). The CD was developed by Sony and Philips in 1982 for distributing music. -
The Game Boy
Over nearly twenty years, more than one hundred million Game Boys were sold, making it one of the all-time, top-selling game systems.
