Progression of the 80's

By aglee0806

  • Hard drive disk

    Hard drive disk
    Seagate Technology created it for minicomputers. Apple and IBM were quickly drawn into the 5 megabytes, floppy disk sized, metal digital storage. Started the production of the hard drive we still use.
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    Progression of the 80's

  • First PC

    First PC
    IBM released the first personal computer which was widely copied. This led to the production of materials and items for PCs. Allowed the PCs to develop and launch so they become what we use today.

  • Matlab

    Matlab
    A programming language, Matrix language, that did not require knowledge on the scientific programming language FORTRAN. It was developed for the mathematical academic community and became so widespread that it still used today

  • Deskpro 386

    Deskpro 386
    The chip allowed for graphical operating and the original use of the x86 chips. Allowed for IBM and OS/2 and Windows to be used and put into new architecture.

  • PERL

    PERL
    Practical Extraction and Report Language written by Larry Wall is for getting information from text files and create reports from that information. Made for ease and quick programming for every branch of computing.