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The Windows
operating system is released by Microsoft. (Windows had been announced
in 1983.) Windows 1.0 provides a graphical operating environment for
IBM compatible computers.
- The average modem can transfer data at 2400 bps.
- Affordable desktop publishing begins with the introduction of
the Apple LaserWriter, the HP LaserJet, and software programs such as
Aldus PageMaker.
- Nintendo releases the Nintendo entertainment (video game) system.
- The 80386,
a 32-bit microprocessor with 275,000 transistors on each chip, is
produced by Intel. (The chip will give the next generation of personal
computers increased power and speed.)
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The Quantum Computer Services company is founded by
Steven Case. His dial-up service develops BBS services for Commodore
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The online discussion community, The WELL (Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link), is started by Stewart Brand and Larry Brilliant. - The PressLink service is founded by Knight Ridder.
At first PressLink only distributes informational graphics and photos
to Knight Ridders papers, but by 1989 the online service is available
to other subscribers.
- There are 50 newspapers offering full-text database versions of their stories through vendors such as Nexis, Vu/Text, Dialog, or DataTimes.
(Source: News Media Libraries: A Management Handbook)
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