5¼" floppy disk seadet ja 5MB kõvaketast. Kasutas Xerox Star operatsioonisüsteemi. Selle müük oli läbikukkumine tänu selle ülikallile hinnale(10 000$). Kevad USA IBM XT lasti välja, millel oli 10 MB kõvaketas ja 128KB RAM, kasutas MS-DOS 2.0, PC-DOS 2.0 operatsioonisüsteemi. Mai USA Lasti välja MS-DOS 2.01 Oktoober USA IBM andis välja IBM PCjr-i, see sobis paremini tavakasutajale, kuna oli palju odavam, kuid teised firmad pakkusid veel odavamiad alternatiive, mistõttu ei olnud PCjr väga edukas tavakasutajte seas. Lasti välja veel ka MS-DOS 2.11 ja MS-DOS 2.25, mis sisaldas kaug-ida sümboleid. November USA DNS-i (domeeninimede süsteem) tutvustati Internetile, mis koosnes 1000 võõrustajast. 1984
The SUN-2 can be used diskless when booted from a server. In 1982 the Network File System (NFS) was a new invention by Sun. The US Justice Department throws out the antitrust lawsuit filed against IBM 13 years ago. Microsoft signs an agreement with Apple Computer, for Microsoft to develop applications for the Macintosh. IBM splits its Personal Computer development team into three groups: one to work on the PC XT, one to develop the PCjr, and one to start work on the PC AT. Compaq Computer Corporation is founded by Rod Canion, Jim Harris, and Bill Murto, all 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
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