Apple Computer begins work on a supercomputer with a bit-sliced architecture, code-named Lisa. 1979 Harvard MBA candidate Daniel Bricklin and programmer Robert Frankston developed VisiCalc, the program that made a business machine of the personal computer, for the Apple II. 10 USENET 1979 on hiiglaslik kogus uudisgruppe. Tekstid liiguvad masinast masinasse. Info liikus algselt: UUCP protolli abil (Unix to Unix communications protocol, enamasti moodemi abil sissehelistamisega). 1986 Uudised liiguvad TCP/IP (interneti) kaudu. 1981 Adam Osborne completed the first portable computer, the Osborne I, which weighed 24 pounds and cost $1,795. Used Z80 (NOT IBM-PC clone (yet)!) Apollo Computer unveiled the first workstation, its DN100, offering more power than some minicomputers at a fraction of the price. Used a Motorola 68000 microprocessor.
units for one year. 1979 Harvard MBA candidate Daniel Bricklin and programmer Robert Frankston developed VisiCalc, the program that made a business machine of the personal computer, for the Apple II. 79-80: USENET : varane “web” : tekstiuudised USENET on hiiglaslik kogus uudisgruppe. Tekstid liiguvad masinast masinasse. USENET: Unix Users Network founded late 1979. Info liikus algselt: UUCP protolli abil (Unix to Unix communications protocol, enamasti moodemi abil sissehelistamisega). V7 Unix with UUCP. Two Duke University grad students in North Carolina, Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis, thought of hooking computers together to exchange information with the Unix community. Steve Bellovin, a grad student at the University of North Carolina, put together the first version of the news software using shell
NEC releases its NEC PC 8001 microcomputer in Japan, the first for that country. Xerox shows its Alto personal computer in TV commercials. After airing a TV commercial for the Alto several times, Xerox decides not to market the Alto. 79-80: USENET : varane “web” : tekstiuudised USENET on hiiglaslik kogus uudisgruppe. Tekstid liiguvad masinast masinasse. USENET: Unix Users Network founded late 1979. Info liikus algselt: UUCP protolli abil (Unix to Unix communications protocol, enamasti moodemi abil sissehelistamisega). V7 Unix with UUCP. Two Duke University grad students in North Carolina, Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis, thought of hooking computers together to exchange information with the Unix community. Steve Bellovin, a grad student at the University of North Carolina, put together the first version of the news software using shell scripts and installed it on the first two sites: "unc" and "duke