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MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)
American engineer, Dave Smith, presented "Universal Synthesizer Interface” paper and at the 1983 winter NAMM (National Association of Music States) a Sequential Circuits Prophet-600 talked to Roland Keyboard over a 5-pin cable. -
Microsoft Word 1.0
Word processing software developed by Charles Simonyi and Richard Brodie, Xerox programmers hired by Bill Gates. -
Famicom (Nintendo)
Gaming console developed by Japanese engineer, Masayuki Uemura, released in Japan. -
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
Gaming console developed by Japanese engineer, Masayuki Uemura, released in the U.S.A. -
Nintendo Gameboy
Japanese game designer, Gunpei Yokoi, designed the hand-held, portable gaming unit.