Programmeerimiskeel
July
Apple Computer releases the Apple Dot Matrix Printer, for US$700. It is a modified C.Itoh
printer.
Context MBA is the first integrated software package, with spreadsheet, graphics, word
processing, data management, and communications.
August
IBM ships the 200,000th IBM PC.
Microsoft releases Multiplan for the Apple II and the Osborne I.
Hercules announces the Hercules Graphics Card (HGC or HGA), with monochrome graphics
at 720x348 resolution.
September - November
Lotus Development announces the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet program at Comdex in Las
Vegas.
Corporate headhunter Gerry Rocke, of Heidrick & Struggles, calls Pepsi-Cola president John
Sculley, asking him to take the position of chief executive of Apple Computer.
Compaq Computer introduces the Compaq Portable PC: 4.77MHz 8088, 128KB RAM, 9-
inch monochrome monitor, one 320KB 5.25-inch disk drive, price US$3000. It cost Compaq