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1980 TI 99/4 is Released and Asteroids by Atari Launch
Texas Instruments released its TI 99/4- "one of the fastest CPU's available in a home computer with a microprocessor running at 3 MHz." -
1981: First Computer Gaming Fatality
In May 1981, an young 18 year old from Illinois became the first known computer gaming fatality when he suffered a heart attack after 16,660 in the video game Berzerk. His name is Jeff Dailey. -
1983: Apple's Lisa Computer Debuted
Apple releases the first portable computer with graphical user interface, called Lisa. GUI would become the standard for all commercial personal computers. 1983 also saw the release of a popular science fiction film "War Games." -
1984: Famous Super Bowl XVIII Ad
Apple next debuted the Apple Macintosh during a Super Bowl XVIII ad. Macintosh was the first successful mouse-driven computer with GUI.Link text -
1989: Intel Launches i486
Intel introduces the 80486 microprocessor and i860 co-processor chip that allowed speed of 33 MHz.
