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former senior managers of Texas Instruments.
Intel introduces the 6-MHz 80286 microprocessor. It uses a 16- bit data bus, 134,000
transistors (1.5 microns), and offers protected mode operation. Initial price is US$360 each, in
quantities of 100. It can access 16 MB of memory, or 1 GB of virtual memory. Speed is 0.9
MIPS. Later versions operate at 8-MHz, 10-MHz (1.5 MIPS), and 12-MHz (2.66 MIPS).
January
Kazuhiko Nishi, Microsoft's representative in Japan, shows Bill Gates a drawing of a
prototype for a portable computer, using a new liquid crystal display developed by Hitachi. Gates
and Nishi begin designing the details of the computer, which Kyocera Corporation in Japan had
agreed to manufacture.
In the first 10 months of sale, 250,000 Sinclair ZX81 microcomputers have been delivered.
Apple Computer gives Microsoft its first Macintosh prototype, for Microsoft to develop
applications on.
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