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Wirth aimed to develop Pascal programming language to apply to both commercial and scientific applications.
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The ILLIAC IV supercomputer is delivered to NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, California. This was the first commercial use of semiconductor memory technology in a large computer system.
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At a cost of $4000 the Xerox Parc Alto included:
Bit-mapped black and white display sized 606x808
5.8 MHz CPU
128KB of memory
2.5MB removable cartridge hard drive
Three button mouse
64-key keyboard and a 5-finger key set -
Sold complete with a main logic board, switching power supply, keyboard, case, manual, game paddles, and cassette tape containing the game Breakout.
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Motorola developed this high performance processor which was integrated into powerful work stations intended for graphics-intensive programs common in engineering.
