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Roland TR-808
The " transistor rhythm" drum machine that became sought after from so many musical producers. Developed by Don Lewis and Ikutaro Kakehashi, they created a unique percussion machine called an analog synthesizer . -
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The 1980's Decade
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IBM 5150 PC
One of IBM's most popular and mass produced, industry standard PCs running MS-DOS on Intel 8088 microprocessor -
C++ Programming Language Book, 1st edition
1985, The definitive book for one of the most influential programming languages. Lead by Danish Computer Scientist, Bjarne Stroustrup and many others, set a path for everyone to write software much easier. -
Video Graphics Array arrives with IBM PS/2
IBM introduced the VGA video graphics array to a new line of desktops in the IBM PS/2. They set a video display standard for decades achieving up-to 1080p in later years -
Deep Thought defeats Chess Champ
A chess playing computer program named Deep Thought beat a grand master chess player Bent Larsen in a regular tournament defeat, but couldn't defeat grand master Garry Kasparov in two game match
