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The CD-ROM was officially invented in 1982 by the Japanese company Denon. Before this, a man named James Russell invented technology that resembled the CD-ROM. The CD-ROM changed lives due to it being cheap and containing a higher storage compared to the floppy disk. -
Invented by the company IBM in 1983. IBM created a home computer that was more suited for video games than anything else. This showed how powerful and useful computers were becoming. When the PCjr came out in 1984, it was selling for around $600-1200. -
MIDI (musical instrument digital interface) was invented in 1983 by Dave Smith, revolutionizing 80's pop music. Dave made it possible to where virtually any function could be controlled over HIDI. Examples include connecting a wide variety of electric instruments, audio, playing, editing, and recording devices could all be controlled over HIDI. -
The Macintosh computer was invented on January 24th, 1984 by Steve Jobs. Before that, this idea originated at Xerox's Palo alto research center in the '70s, but Apple got to it first. The Macintosh changed many lives because it was the first computer to have a graphical user interface (GUI) and a mouse. -
The Personal System 2 is a second-generation personal computer that was released in 1987. The IBM PS2 was invented by the company IBM and introduced a more advanced architecture to the world.