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The Standard Floppy Disk
The floppy disk was originally invented in the 1970's, but with everyone making their own machines, the floppy was far from standard. Sony introduced the 3.5 inch floppy disk in 1981 and with the help of Captain Kirk, spent two years making it the industry standard. This allowed people to buy a floppy disk and use it in any machine, no matter the manufacture. -
Star Trek II – The Wrath of Khan
The Genesis Effect scene is created for Star Trek - The Wrath of Khan. Coming in at a little over a minute of air time, this animation took years for lucasfilm to produce on a DEC VAX computer and an Evans and Sutherland Picture System. This was one of the first computer generated special effects of it's time. -
It's me! Mario!
Do you know how to make a plummer the hero who gets to get the princess? NO? Me either. But Japan did! The NES hit the US market in 1985 and completely changed the video game market forever. -
Microsoft Word
In 1989 Microsoft officially bring Microsoft Word to Windows. It quickly becomes the global standard, and 30+ years later, I can't say it looks all that different. Word allowed users to space their documents, choose font size and color and introduced dozens of new fonts. -
Apple Computers
The first Macintosh hits the scene in a big way, with a superbowl ad targeted at big brother. One of the first home machines to utilize a mouse, Apple was more expensive than it's counterparts but allowed users a new way to use their personal machines including a paint application and their own word processor