Computer History

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COMPUTER HISTORY
History for 1960 - 1980
Year Event
1960 IBM's 1400 series machines, aimed at the business market begin to
be distributed.
1960 The Common Business-Oriented Language (COBOL) programming
language is invented.
1960 Psychologist Frank Rosenblatt creates the Mark I Perception,
which has an "eye" that can learn to identify its ABCs.
1960 IFIP is founded.
1961 Hewlett-Packard stock is accepted by the New York Stock Exchange
for national and international trading.
1961 General Motors puts the first industrial robot - the 4,000 pound
Unimate - to work in a New Jersey factory.
1961 The programming language FORTRAN IV is created.
1962 The NASA rocket, the Mariner II, is equipped with a Motorola
transmitter on it strip to Venus.
1963 Doug Engelbart invents and patents the first computer mouse.

1963 IEEE is founded.
1963 The American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) is
developed to standardize data exchange among computers.
1964 Dartmouth University's John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz develop
Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Language (BASIC).
1964 The first computerized encyclopedia is invented at the Systems
Development Corporation.
1965 Ted Nelson coins the term "hypertext," which refers to text that
is not necessarily linear.
1965 Engineers at TRW Corporation develop a Generalized Information
Retrieval Language and System which later develops to the Pick
Database Management System used today on Unix and Windows systems.
1965 Texas Instruments develops the transistor-transistor logic (TTL).

1966 MIT's Joseph Weizenbaum writes a program called ELIZA, that makes
the computer act as a psychotherapist.
1966 Stephen Gray establishes the first personal computer club, the
Amateur Computer Society
1967 IBM creates the first floppy disk.
1967 The LOGO programming language is developed and is later known as
"turtle graphics," a simplified interface useful for teaching children
computers.
1968 Intel Corporation is founded by Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore.

1968 Seiko markets a miniature printer for use with calculators.
1968 Sony invents trinitron.

1969 Control Data Corporation led by Seymour Cray, release the CDC
7600, considered by most to be the first supercomputer.
1969 AT&T Bell Laboratories develop Unix.
1969 The first RFC is created on April 7, 1969.
1969 Gary Starkweather, while working with Xerox invents the laser
printer.
1969 The U.S. Department of Defense sets up the Advanced Research
Projects Agency Network (ARPANET ) this network was the first building
blocks to what the internet is today.
1969 CompuServe, the first commercial online service, is established.
1969 AMD is founded.
1970 Intel announces the 1103, a new memory chip containing more than
1,000 bits of information. This chip is classified as random-access
memory (RAM).
1970 The Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) is established to
perform basic computing and electronic research.
1970 The forth programming language is created by Charles H. Moore.

1970 The first ATM is demonstrated and used in Georgia.
1970 U.S. Department of Defense develops ada a computer programming
language capable of designing missile guidance systems.
1970 Intel introduces the first microprocessor, the Intel 4004.
1970 The Sealed Lead Acid battery begins being used for commercial
use.
1971 The first 8" floppy diskette drive was introduced
1971 FTP is first purposed.
1971 Niklaus Wirth invents the Pascal programming language.
1972 Atari releases Pong, the first commercial video game.
1972 The programming language FORTRAN 66 is created.
1972 Dennis Ritchie at Bell Labs invents the C programming language.
1972 The compact disc is invented in the United States.
1973 Robert Metcalfe creates the Ethernet at the Xerox Palo Alto
Research Center (PARC).
1973 Interactive laser discs make their debut.
1973 The ICCP is founded.
1974 Intel's improved microprocessor chip, the 8080 becomes a standard
in the microcomputing industry.
1974 The first Toshiba floppy disk drive is introduced.
1974 The IBM MVS operating system is introduced.
1975 MITS ships one of the first PCs, the Altair 8800 with one
kilobyte (KB) of memory. The computer is ordered as a mail-order kit
for $397.00
1975 Paul Allen and Bill Gates write the first computer language
program for personal computers, which is a form of BASIC designed for
the Altair. Gates later drops out of Harvard and founds Microsoft with
Allen.
1975 The Byte Shop, one of the first computer stores, open in
California.
1975 Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs found Apple Computer.
1976 The first 5.25-inch floppy disk is invented.
1976 Microsoft introduces an improved version of BASIC.
1976 The first convention of computer hobbyist clubs is held in New
Jersey.
1976 The Intel 8086 is introduced.
1976 Xerox develops the widely used networking protocol Ethernet.
1977 Ward Christansen develops a popular modem transfer modem called
Xmodem.
1977 Apple Computer Inc., Radio Shack and Commodore all introduce mass-
market computers.
1977 ARCNET the first commercially network is developed
1977 Apple Computer's Apple II, the first personal computer with color
graphics is demonstrated.
1977 Commodore announces that the PET (Personal Electronic Transactor)
will be a self-contained unit, with a CPU, RAM, ROM, keyboard, monitor
and tape recorder all for $495.00
1977 Microsoft sells the license for BASIC to Radio Shack and Apple
and introduces the program in Japan.
1978 Epson introduces the TX-80, which becomes the first successful
dot matrix printer for personal computers.
1978 OSI is developed by ISO.
1978 Microsoft introduces a new version of COBOL.
1978 The 5.25-inch floppy disk becomes an industry standard.
1978 Ward Christensen and Randy Seuss have the first major
microcomputer bulletin board up and running in Chicago.
1979 Software Arts Incorporated VisiCalc becomes the first electronic
spreadsheet and business program for PCs.
1979 Epson releases the MX-80 which soon becomes an industry standard
for dot matrix printers.
1979 Texas Instruments enters the computer market with the TI 99/4
personal computer that sells for $1,500.
1979 Hayes markets its first modem which becomes the industry standard
for modems.
1979 Atari introduces a coin-operated version of Asteroids.
1979 More then half a million computers are in use in the United
States.
1979 3COM is founded.
1979 The programming language DoD-1 is officially changed to Ada.
1979 The Motorola 6800 is released and is later chosen as the
processor for the Apple Macintosh.
1979 The Intel 8088 is released.
1979 Phoenix is founded.
1979 VMS is introduced.
1979 Usenet is first started
1979 Bit 3 is established.

COMPUTER HISTORY
History for 1980 - 1990
Year Event
1980 IBM hires Paul Allen and Bill Gates to create an operating system
for a new PC. The pair buy the rights to a simple operating system
manufactured by Seattle Computer Products and use it as a template.
IBM allows the two to keep the marketing rights to the operating
system, called DOS.
1980 IBM hires Microsoft to develop versions of BASIC, FORTRAN, COBOL
and Pascal for the PC being developed by IBM.
1980 Microsoft licenses Unix and starts to develop a PC version,
XENIX.
1980 The programming language FORTRAN 77 is created.
1980 The first Tandy Color computer is introduced.
1980 AST is founded.
1981 MS-DOS 1.0 was released August, 1981.
1981 American National Standards Institute more commonly known as ANSI
was founded.
1981 IBM joins the computer race with its IBM PC, which runs the new
DOS operating system.
1981 Xerox introduces the graphical Star workstation. This computer
greatly influences the development of Apple's future computer models,
Lisa and Macintosh, as well as Microsoft's Windows.
1981 Hayes Introduces the Smartmodem 300 with its standard setting AT
command set and a operating speed of 300 bits per second.
1981 Adam Osborne introduces the Osborne I, the first successful
portable computer, which weighs 25 pounds.
1981 Hewlett-Packard Superchip the first 32-bit chip is introduced.
1981 Commodore ships the VIC-20, which later becomes the world's most
popular computer costing only $299.95.
1981 Logitech is founded in Apples, Switzerland.
1981 Adaptec is founded.
1981 Hayes releases the Smartmodem 1200 with transfer rates of 1,200
bits per second.
1981 CTX is established.
1982 Peter Norton creates Norton Utilities.
1982 Sony releases its first Trinitron monitor
1982 Microsoft releases FORTRAN for the PC COBOL for MS-DOS, and
Multiplan for the Apple II and CP / M machines.
1982 Microsoft establishes a subsidiary in England to begin foreign
sales efforts.
1982 WordPerfect Corporation introduces WordPerfect 1.0 a word
processing program that will become one of the computer markets most
popular word processing program.
1982 Sun is incorporated in February 1982, with four employees.
1982 Lotus Development Corporation is founded and Lotus 1-2-3, a
spreadsheet program is introduced.
1982 Compaq Computer Corp. is founded by Rod Canion and other Texas
Instruments Incorporated engineers. Compaq is the first company to
introduce a clone of the IBM PC and become IBM's biggest challenger in
the corporate market.
1982 The Commodore 64 begins to be sold with 64 kilobytes (KB) of
random-access memory (RAM) and containing Microsoft BASIC and dropping
in price from $600 to $200 allows it to become the best-selling
computer of all time.
1982 The HX-20 becomes the first notebook-sized portable computer is
introduced by Epson.
1982 MS-DOS version 1.25 is released.
1982 Apple Computer is the first personal computer manufacture to hit
the $1 billion mark for annual sales.
1982 The Intel 80286 processor is announced.
1982 Adobe is founded.
1982 BTC is founded
1983 The IBM XT is first introduced.
1983 The Time magazine nominates the PC as the "man of the year."
1983 The Apple IIe is introduced. The computer contains 64 kilobytes
(KB) of RAM one megahertz 6502 processor and running Applesoft BASIC
and sells for $1,400.
1983 Tandy, Epson and NEC all sell notebook computers however only the
Tandy's model 100 becomes popular because of its low price of $499.
1983 More then 10 million computers are in use in the United States.
1983 MS-DOS 2.0 was released March, 1983.
1983 True BASIC is created and is a compiled, structured language. It
doesn't require line numbers, as the original BASIC did, and includes
the advanced control structures necessary for structured programming.
1983 The QIC Standard becomes the first standard in the computer
history for tape drives.
1983 Microsoft Windows was announced November, 1983
1984 Bill Gates is featured on the cover of Time magazine.
1984 The 3.5-inch floppy diskette is introduced and later becomes an
industry standard.
1984 Dell Computer is founded May 3, 1984 in Austin Texas.
1984 The now famous Apple commercial is shown during the Super Bowl,
the commercial introduces the Apple Macintosh, a computer with
graphical user interface instead of needing to type in commands. In
six months sales of the computer reach 100,000.
1984 IBM develops EGA.
1984 The computer Museum opens in downtown Boston.
1984 Microsoft introduces MS-DOS 3.0 for the IBM PC AT and MS-DOS 3.1
for networks.
1984 The Tandy 1000 personal computer is introduced and becomes the
best-selling IBM-compatible computer of the year.
1984 IBM introduces the Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA) video card
with higher resolution, more colors, and a quicker response then
previous video cards.
1984 University of Southern California professor Fred Cohen creates
alarm when he warns the public about computer viruses.
1984 The begining of the greatest adventure computer gaming series is
released by Sierra. Kings Quest 1: Quest for the crown is released to
the public.
1984 The Yellow book of CD-ROM standards is written.
1984 Cirrus is established.
1984 ISA is expanded to 16-bit capability.
1985 The GNU manifesto is published by Dr. Dobb's Journal
1985 Microsoft and IBM begin collaboration on the next-generation
operating system (OS/2).
1985 The computer company Gateway 2000 is founded in Siox City, Iowa.
1985 Intel introduces the 80386, a 16 MHz processor that incorporates
275,000 transistor and capable of accessing up to four gigabytes of
memory. The processor sells for $299.
1985 Aldus Corporation introduces PageMaker for the Macintosh, a
program that lets users mix type and graphics on the same page. The
combination of this software and the new Apple LaserWriter laser
printer begin the era of desktop publishing.
1985 The Mach Project begins at the Carnegie Mellon University.
1985 Microsoft Windows 1.0 is shipped and allows users to navigate the
PC computers through a graphical user interface making the computer
much easier to use. The software begins selling for $100.00
1985 The Nintendo Entertainment System makes its debut.
1985 ATI is founded.
1985 Boca is established.
1985 Corel is founded.
1986 Apple introduces the Mac Plus. The computer contained one
megabyte of RAM, new keyboard that contained cursors and numeric
keypad and sold for $2,600.
1986 Compaq introduces the first 386-based PC compatible computer.
1986 Microsoft is listed on the New York Stock Exchange selling shares
to the public at $21 each, making Bill Gates one of the world's
youngest billionaires.
1986 More than 30 million computers are in use in the United States.
1986 MS-DOS 3.2 was released April, 1986.
1986 IMAP is developed by Stanford University.
1986 CD-i format is specified.
1986 Aztech is established.
1987 Microsoft purchases Forethought Incorporated. The company that
developed the presentation software PowerPoint.
1987 Microsoft introduces Windows 2.0 and Microsoft Works.
1987 Microsoft and IBM release OS/2 1.0
1987 The Mac SE is introduced at $2,900
1987 IBM introduces the PS / 2 personal computer, which has improved
graphics, a 3.5-inch diskette drive, and proprietary bus to help
prevent clone makers competition.
1987 IBM sends clone manufactures letters demanding retroactive
licensing fees.
1987 MS-DOS 3.3 was released April, 1987.
1987 IBM introduces MCA.
1987 Microsoft Shares hits $100 per share.
1987 Apogee is founded, Apogee is well known for its computer games as
well as the company who first released a 'Shareware' game.
1987 The SPARC processor is introduced by Sun.
1987 IBM introduces VGA.
1987 Elitegroup Computer Systems is established.
1988 Apple files a copyright infringement against Microsoft for
Windows 2.03 and Hewlett Packard for New Wave in comparison with their
Macintosh operating system.
1988 About 45 million PCs are in use in the United States.
1988 Creative Labs introduces the SoundBlaster, a sound card for the
PC that contains an 11-voice FM synthesizer with text-to-speech,
digitized voice input / output, a MIDI port, a joystick port and
bundled software.
1988 EISA is developed as an alternative to MCA.
1988 Morphing is first introduced in the movie Willow.
1988 MS-DOS 4.0 was released July, 1988.
1988 MS-DOS 4.01 was released November, 1988.
1989 GriD Systems Corporation introduces the first pen-based computer.
1989 Intel releases the 486DX processor, with more than 1 million
transistors and multitasking capabilities.
1989 Poqet announces the Poqet PC the first pocket-sized MS-DOS
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1989 Asus is founded.

COMPUTER HISTORY
History for 1990 - 2000
Year Event
1990 Microsoft releases Windows 3.0 a completely new version of
Microsoft Windows. The version will sell more then 3 million copies in
one year.
1990 Microsoft exceeds $1 billion in sales and becomes the first
company to do so.
1990 Microsoft releases its first product for the Russian market
Russian DOS 4.01.
1990 The World, the first commercial Internet dial-up access provider
comes online.
1990 Creative Labs introduces the SoundBlaster Pro.
1990 Quarterdeck releases its memory management program QEMM386
version 5.1 which quickly becomes the fastest-selling software program
in the Untied States.
1990 The Multimedia Personal Computer (MPC) standards are developed by
Tandy and Microsoft.
1990 Microsoft and IBM stop working together to develop operating
systems.
1990 IBM introduces XGA.
1990 The NiMH battery begins being used for commercial use.
1990 Gopher is developed at the University of Minnesota. The program
is a menu-driven search-and-retrieval tool and helps Internet users
location information online.
1990 Intel releases the 80386SL processor which uses low power and
found in many portable computers.
1991 Intel introduces the Intel 486SX chip in efforts to help bring a
lower-cost processor to the PC market selling for $258.00
1991 Linux is introduced by Linus Torvald in 1991. Complete history on
Linux can be found on our Linux / UNIX history section.
1991 The World Wide Web is launched. Tim Berners-Lee, a scientist at
the European Partial Physics Laboratory (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland
develops the Web as a research tool.
1991 The programming language FORTRAN 90 is created.
1991 Following its decision not to develop operating systems
cooperatively with IBM, Microsoft changes the name of OS/2 to Windows
NT.
1991 Creative Labs releases a multimedia upgrade kit that includes a
CD-ROM drive, the SoundBlaster Pro sound card, a MIDI kit and a
variety of software applications. The kit allows PC users to obtain
all tools needed to meet the MPC standards.
1991 Pretty Good Privacy more commonly known as PGP a public key used
for encryption is released as Freeware by Philip Zimmerman.
1991 The computer Monkey Virus is first discovered in Edmonton,
Canada.
1991 The DLT tape drive is released as a very reliable, high-speed and
high-capacity tape drive solution.
1991 The Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) is developed by Intel, Xircom
and Zenith Data Systems.
1991 TrueType a scalable font is introduced and developed by Microsoft
and Apple and is used on all Apple computers and PC computers running
Windows.
1991 MS-DOS 5.0 was released June, 1991.
1992 Microsoft introduces Windows 3.1. It sells more than 1 million
copies within the first two months of its release.
1992 Intel releases the 486DX2 chip with a clock doubling ability that
generates higher operating speeds.
1992 VESA local bus is introduced.
1992 Radio Shack releases the Tandy Sensation! MPC, the first personal
computer based upon the MPC specification.
1992 The Reusable Alkaline battery is used for commercial use.
1992 Technology Without An Interesting Name (TWAIN) a standard
interface for scanning equipment is developed by the TWAIN consortium,
as it was called, consisted of representatives from Aldus, Caere,
Eastman, Kodak, Hewlett Packard and Logitech.
1992 Microsoft and Hewlett Packard develops ECP.
1992 Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) is developed by SQL Access
Group.
1993 Fifty World Wide Web servers are known to exist as of January.
1993 Winsock is released January 1993.
1993 President Bill Clinton puts the United States White House online
with a World Wide Web page and E-mail address for the President, Vice
President and first lady.
1993 Microsoft releases Windows NT, Microsoft Office 4.0 and MS-DOS
6.0.

1993 Intel develops PPGA
1993 Intel releases the Pentium Processor. The processor is a 60 MHz
processor, incorporates 3.2 million transistors and sells for $878.00.
1993 Microsoft releases Windows NT 3.1 and Windows for Workgroups
3.11.
1993 Mosaic is released, which becomes the first graphical web browser
is released by the National Center for Super Computing Applications
(NCSA) at the university of Illinois.
1993 John Scully is named president of Apple Computers.
1993 IrDA is founded.
1993 The Internet experiences massive growth.
1993 The Environmental Protection Agency, along with 50 computer
companies, establish Energy Star guidelines which aim to decrease the
amount of power a PC uses when they are idle.
1993 Developed by IBM, Motorola and Apple the PowerPC processor for
the Apple Power Mac is introduced and later included in the Power Mac.
1993 VCD is introduced.
1993 The PC game DOOM by IdSoftware was released. Today DOOM is
thought of as a turning point for first person shooters and for games
in general.
1993 The computer game Myst is released and later is honored for being
one of the most popular, well known and sold PC and Macintosh titles
1994 Netscape is found by Marc Andreesen and James H. Clark.
1994 Commodore computers files Bankruptcy.
1994 Vice President Al Gore makes a speech where he coins the term
"Information Superhighway".
1994 IBM releases OS/2 Warp 3.0.
1994 Microshoft releases its beta for Windows 95, code named Chicago.
1994 Rasmus Lerdorf creates PHP.
1994 A mathematical flaw in the Intel Pentium involving the Pentium
not correctly performing floating-point calculations is discovered.
Later this leads to Intel millions of processors.
1994 YAHOO is created in April, 1994.
1994 MS-DOS 6.22 was released April, 1994
1994 Microsoft releases Windows 3.11.
1994 W3C organization is found developing common protocols for the
evolution of the World Wide Web.
1994 The Mach Project ends.
1995 Apple allows other computer companies to clone its computer.
1995 Microsoft BOB is released.
1995 Netscape goes public at $28.00 a share and by the closing ends at
$58.00 a share.
1995 Microsoft and General Electric's NBC television network form a
partnership.
1995 Microsoft Releases Windows 95, within four days the software
sells more then 1 million copies.
1995 One of the largest and well known e-commerce sites opens its
doors. Amazon.com is officially opened July of 1995.
1995 DSVD is released.
1995 CD-E is introduced to the general public.
1995 Intel releases the new motherboard form factor ATX.
1995 USB standard is released.
1996 Intel releases the 200 MHz P6.
1996 The CDA amendment to the U.S. 1996 Telecommunications Act that
went into effect in February 1996. The law was intended to protect
children from obscenity on the Internet, but many internet users
argued that its language was too vague and it violated the rights of
free speech. Protesters against the law turned their web pages black
and displayed blue ribbon icons downloaded from the Electronic
Frontier Foundation.
1996 IBM and Sears sell Prodigy is sold to Internet Wireless.
1996 AT&T introduces Worldnet.
1996 IBM computer Deep Blue beats chess master Garry Kasparov in two
chess matches.
1996 NEC merges its PC operations outside Japan with Packard Bell.
1996 Sony enters the PC market with the release of VAIO.
1996 Creative Labs introduces the 3D Blaster card its first graphics
card to be released to the computer market.
1996 Apple Stock sinks to a 10-year low of less than $18.00 a share.
1996 U.S. Robotics Pilot is announced.
1996 Microsoft releases Windows CE.
1996 Tandy Corp. announces it will either sell or close all of its 17
incredible Universe stores and 19 of its Computer City stores because
of low sales and losses in revenue.
1996 WebTV is introduced allowing users to browse the web from their
TV.
1996 MSNBC makes its debut.
1996 Acer America Corporation introduces its designer home PCs.
1996 Sun Microsystems releases its line of network computers.
1996 Apple buys NeXT Software Inc. for $400 million and acquires Steve
Jobs, Apple's cofounder, as a consultant.
1996 Microsoft Windows CE 1.0 is released as a portable Operating
System solution.
1996 Bit 3 becomes part of SBS Technologies.

1996 K56Flex is announced in November by Lucent and Rockwell.
1997 Intel introduces the MMX chip.
1997 Several computer manufactures introduce sub 1,000 computers,
computers that cost less then $1,000.00.
1997 AOL faces several lawsuits from subscribers who are upset about
the difficulties encountered when attempting to connect to its
services.
1997 IBM's Deep Blue computer defeats world champion chess player
Garry Kasparov in their second six-game showdown, winning the tie-
breaking game in only 62 minutes.
1997 Digital Video Discs / Digital Versatile Discs (DVDs) go on sale.
1997 Microsoft buys WebTV Networks for $425 million.
1997 CompUSA joins Dell and Gateway in selling build-to-order PC
computers.
1997 Bill Gates is now the world's richest businessman.
1997 The NASA Pathfinder Web site, which is running real-time images
sent from the Pathfinder on Mars receives more than 100 million hits
during its first four days, in response to the high popularity NASA
sets up 25 mirror pages to handle the traffic. The site sets a new
popularity record.
1997 Microsoft begins working on its own search engine.
1997 Microsoft releases Microsoft Office 97.
1997 Microsoft announces Windows 98
1997 3Com buys U.S. Robotics for $6.6 billion making the consolidation
the largest in the history of computer companies.
1997 Apple releases MAC OS 8
1997 Microsoft invests $150 million in Apple Computers Inc. and agrees
to continue creating software for Apple computers, in agreement Apple
makes Microsoft Internet Explorer its browser of choice for Macintosh
computers.
1997 The Li-Ion battery begins being used for commercial uses.
1997 The Intel Pentium II 233 MHz processor is released.
1997 Advanced Graphics Port or AGP designed for Video cards. Designed
by Intel is released August of 1997.
1997 Microsoft Windows CE 2.x is released.
1997 Cyrix is established.
1998 Intel releases the Celeron processor
1998 Compaq Computer purchases Digital Equipment Corporation for $9
billion
1998 Hearings open between Microsoft and the U.S. Department of
Justice to whether Microsoft has a monopoly on the software market.
1998 Sun releases the JavaStation
1998 Netscape releases Navigator 5.0 as well as revealing its complete
source code for Navigator on it's Web site.
1998 Bill Gates, is hit in the face with a cream pie.
1998 During the demonstration of a pre-release copy of Windows 98 at
Comdex Bill Gates and an assistant demonstrate how to install a
scanner. During the demonstration Windows 98 caused an error message.
1998 V.90 is announced and agreed on February 6, 1998
1998 Sun Microsystems begins shipping the JavaStation in March of
1998.
1998 Microsoft Windows 98 is officially released on June 25, 1998.
1998 AMR is released September 9, 1998
1998 Apple introduces the iMac, the iMac helps bring Apple back on the
computer maps as a very easy and friendly computer.
1998 Award, well known for its computer BIOS becomes part of Phoenix,
another company well known for its computer BIOS.
1998 Computer Hope is established.
1999 Microsoft purchases Access software.
1999 The Intel Pentium III 500 MHz is released.
1999 Microsoft releases Windows CE 3.0
1999 Aims Labs goes out of business.
1999 National Semiconductor announced it will exit the PC processor
market. June 30, 1999 - VIA Technologies announces it will acquire
Cyrix from National Semiconductor.
1999 NVIDIA introduces the GPU.

COMPUTER HISTORY
History for 2000 - 2001
Year Event
2000 Many experts, governments and businesses feared that January 1st
2000 could cause serious issues with the date stamp on computers. The
belief was that because many old computers relied off of the last two
digits of a year such as 99 for 1999, when the year 2000 came 2000
would set the computers to 00 causing the computer to think it was
1900. Called the Year 2000 bug many individuals feared for the worst
however because of preparation Year 2000 only caused a few glitches,
however no catastrophes.
2000 Microsoft Bill Gates relinquishes his title as CEO to MS
President Steve Ballmer on January 13, 2000.
2000 CNR is introduced by Intel February 07, 2000
2000 Microsoft Windows 2000 is released February of 2000.
2000 U.S. Judge Thomas Penfield announced today after over 2-years in
the court that Microsoft be split into two companies although will
remain intact until the appeals process is exhausted.
2000 On June 24, 2000 U.S. President Bill Clinton makes the first ever
Presidential webcast among the announcements President Bill Clinton
announces a new web site that will be able to search all government
resources.
2001 January 02, 2001 - Intel announced that it will recall its 1.13
GHz Pentium III processors due to a glitch. Users with these
processors should contact their vendors for additional information
about the recall.
2001 January 1, 2001 - Microsoft announces Windows 95 is now a legacy
item and will no longer be sold or shipped to any more customers.
2001 Bill Gates unveils the Xbox on January 7th 2001.
2001 The man who practically invented the Silicon Valley success
story, Hewlett-Packard Co. co-founder William Hewlett, dies at his
home, he was 87.
2001 Chip-making giant Intel Corp. has agreed to acquire Xircom Inc.,
a maker of mobile computing gear, for about $748 million.
2001 Claude Elwood Shannon, the mathematician who laid the foundation
of modern information theory while working at Bell Labs in the 1940s,
died on February 24, 2001. He was 85.
2001 March 08, AOL membership surpasses 28 Million.
2001 March 09, Mcafee releases first handheld virus protection
software.
2001 March 31, After 21 years of selling hard drives, Quantum on
Friday formally left the business to turn its full attention to higher-
level storage products and services.
2001 April 20, Dell computers becomes the largest PC maker.
2001 June 5, 2001, Nevada becomes the first US state to vote to
legalize online gambling.
2001 Airlines begin to implement methods of gaining Internet access
while flying.
2001 July 20, 2001 - PC shipments worst since 1986, as only Dell
grows.
2001 Hewlett Packard announces plans to buy Compaq on September sixth.
2001 Microsoft Windows XP home and professional editions are released
October 25, 2001.