Technology Timeline

By scozq
  • Period: to

    1980s

  • Space Shuttle

    Space Shuttle
    The space shuttle could travel into space and return home safely. It could also orbit earth to become a laboratory allowing more experiments to be done to better understand our universe.
  • IBM 5150 Personal Computer

    IBM 5150 Personal Computer
    It was the first personal computer in homes, it had an Intel 8088 processor and ran version 1.0 of the PC-DOS operating system.
  • Compact Disc (CD)

    Compact Disc (CD)
    CDs allowed you to listen to your favorite songs with the quality degrading over time.
  • Disposable Camera

    Disposable Camera
    Cameras were expensive and complicated, but disposable cameras were easy to use, cheap and readily available.
  • Nintendo Gameboy

    Nintendo Gameboy
    It was a handheld gaming device that allowed users to play different games by switching out the cartridges.