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The HP-85 was a microcomputer that had 16KB of RAM and a CRT display,
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Atari releases two computer games named "asteroids" and "lunar Landar".
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The both bought rights to an operating system manufactured by Seattle Computer Products, they used this system as a template. IBM allowed Paul Allen and Bill Gates to keep the marketing rights of the new system called DOS.
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IBM hired microsoft to develop versions of BASIC, FORTRAN, COBOL, and Pascal for the PC that was being made by IBM.
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Satya Pal Asija recieves the first U.S. patent for a computer software program.
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Diskeeper is Founded,
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MS-DOS 1.0 is released
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Adam Osborne released the first "Portable Computer" named Osborne 1, which weighed around 25 lbs.
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IBM makes the IBM 5150 PC that used a 4.77 MHz Intel 8088 processor, 16 KB base memory and a PC DOS (MS-DOS) for the OS.
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Intel introduces the 80286.
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Sony releases its first Trinitron monitor.
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The MS-DOS 1.25 is introduced
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Compaq introduces the first 100% IBM compatible computer. named "Compaq Portable".
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The IBM XT is first introduced.
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Paul Allen Leaves Microsoft.