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The first DRAM chip became the best selling chip 2 years after its creation. Intel was still a new company at the time. DRAM enables a computer to read and write without accessing other types of memory, quick for some easy work so you do not have to use your main storage.
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Ralph Baer creates the Magnavox Odyssey. Through this invention, home consoles started gaining popularity, leading the the future development on them from multiple companies like Microsoft, Sega, Nintendo, and Sony. -
This invention was used to connect computers to each other over long distances. This allowed two computers to communicate with each other. We do not use ethernet cables to so this rather through the internet we communicate. -
Jobs and Wozniak found their company Apple, and unveil their first computer, the Apple I. It was a fully assembled personal computer. The creation of this led to other inventions which lead further into Apple's fame. -
WordStar, the first successful commercial word processor, hits the market and is loved. It offered services like mail merge and WYSISYG (What you see is what you get). It offered on screen pagination and text wrapping. This because a favorite of many authors like George R. R. Martin.