3. November 2022
Intel 486
Intel presents the 486 processor, the first x86 chip with integrated memory (L1 cache).
3. November 2022
ASTRA1A
ASTRA1A, the first commercial television satellite, is launched into orbit; More than a dozen satellites follow and help private television, which has been broadcasting since 1984, achieve a breakthrough.
3. November 2022
Amiga 500
The Amiga 500 appears and repeats the miracle of the C64 – albeit with more modest sales figures. Nevertheless, the “girlfriend” becomes the undisputed number one among home computers.
3. November 2022
Intel vs AMD
Intel terminates its licensing agreement with AMD. The result was a legal dispute lasting years and the beginning of an unequal duel that continues to this day. Unfortunately, no exact date is known, only the […]
3. November 2022
Acorn ARM1
Acorn introduces the ARM1, a 32-bit RISC processor, but it is rarely used. Only the ARM2 from 1986 was used in a computer. The prototype was presented on April 26, 1985 and delivered shortly later […]
3. November 2022
Intel 386
With the 386, Intel is switching to 32-bit technology for x86 processors.
3. November 2022
NES
Nintendo’s NES games console comes onto the market in the USA – it becomes one of the most successful gaming platforms of all time and ensures a fantastic comeback of “console gaming”. Release was for […]
2. November 2021
IBM “8088 Portable”
IBM launches the “8088 Portable” (the first PC laptop), which looks more like a toolbox than a computer.
2. November 2021
Modem
The first modem for data transmission over a telephone line is presented. ATTENTION – Modems were already available before, but not generally and worldwide for the Internet: A modem (short for modulator-demodulator) is a device […]
2. November 2021
E.T. (Steven Spielberg)
E.T. by Steven Spielberg is showing in cinemas and breaking all audience records.
10. February 2021
Commodore 64
The Commodore 64 (C64 for short, colloquially 64 or “bread box”) is an 8-bit home computer with 64 KB of RAM. Since its introduction in January 1982 at the Winter Consumer Electronics Show, the Commodore-built […]
10. February 2021
IBM PC
In record time, IBM engineers used cheap components to build a desktop computer that would coin the term PC. There is an Intel 8088 processor and DOS 1.0 on board. The open character (only the […]
