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Commodore introduces the VIC-20. The VIC-20 was highly successful, becoming the first computer to sell more then a million units
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Sony introduces the first 3 1/2-inch floppy drives and diskettes.
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The first IBM personal computer, code-named "Acorn'" is introduced. It had an Intel chip, two floppy disks and an optional color monitor.
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Apple introduces the Macintosh. This was the first successful mouse-driven computer with graphical user interface.
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Fujio Masuoka invents flash memory while working for Toshiba. Capable of being erased and re-programmed multiple times
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Stephen Wolfram, a British scientist creates Mathmatica. It was a symbolic mathematical programming language used in mathematical, scientific, academic, and engineering fields.
