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The IBM PC @ 20: Timeline

August 10, 2001 12:00 PM ET
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1977

  • Apple Computer Inc. delivers the Apple II.


1980


  • Sinclair introduces the ZX80 PC.


1981

  • IBM introduces the IBM Personal Computer on Aug. 12.
  • Xerox Corp. ships a new computer, the Xerox Star, which introduces the graphical user interface concept and uses a mouse for the first time.


1982

  • Mouse Systems introduces the first mouse for the IBM PC.


1983


  • Compaq Computer Corp. ships its first computer in January and sells 47,000 units worth $111 million, the greatest first-year sales in the history of U.S. business. Compaq goes public; investors buy 6 million shares in one day.


1984

  • Apple Computer Inc. introduces the Macintosh.


1985


  • A group of industry leaders meets to set a CD-ROM standard.


1986


  • WordPerfect 4.2 ships.


1987


  • Microsoft announces Excel for the PC, the first Excel product for Windows.
  • IBM and Microsoft announce Operating System/2 (OS/2).


1989


  • The Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) is formed.


1991


  • World Wide Web program is released for the Internet by Tim Berners-Lee in Switzerland. WWW is a hypertext system for publishing information on the Internet.


1993

  • Intel introduces the Pentium processor.
  • Windows applications outsell DOS programs for the first time.


1994


  • Mosaic Communications, which later became Netscape Communications Corp., releases the Netscape Navigator 1.0 Web browser.
  • Novell Inc. buys WordPerfect Corp. for $850 million.
  • Iomega Corp. introduces its Zip drive and Zip disks, floppy-disk-size removable storage in sizes of 100MB.


1995


  • The first macro virus is found in a Word document.
  • Novell announces its decision to exit the personal productivity business applications business.


1997


  • The first 56K-bit modem is introduced.


1998

  • Compaq buys Digital Equipment Corp. for $9.6 billion.
  • Hewlett-Packard Co. ships its 30 millionth Laser Jet printer.


2000


  • Unit sales of PCs drop 0.8%, the first annual decline.




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