The Roaring 80's

Eat the Cherries and Chase the Ghosts

May 22, 1980

in the early 1980s video games finally found a way to spike in form of entertainment. Pac-Man created a phenomenon among those who went to arcades. After Pac-Man had hit the U.S. in October of 1980, sales reached more than 100,000 units sold in the first year. This game and its multiple variations are still sold and played regularly in modern days.

IBM - Home Invaders

1981

in 1981, IBM created the personal computer or PC. This computer was accessible to the general public not just businesses. These computers were available to the public and opened the door to Personal Computer battles among company's later on. This 1981 IBM personal computer reached the market boasting technology assistance from Intel for the Processor chip and Microsoft for the Disk Operating system.

Where is the "hiss"

Oct 1, 1982

Before you started listening to music on a CD soundtracks were heard on cassettes. Listening to music on cassettes there was a "hiss."When technology moved over to the CD the quality was clear for the first time.

The technology of a compact disc was scratches and a laser. Almost similar to a Vinyl record a compact disc was a reflected backside that was engraved with millions of little scratches that a laser in the music player would read.

Home Made Movies

1983

Camcorders were the new way to record your films to publish to AFV. These devices were relatively large in size at first. They utilized a VHS tape to record 2 hours of footage and now you have a vhs tape ready to play at any moment. Camcorders replaced the tedious 8mm camera that were not as good. Sony released the first camcorder for professional use. It was a single unit allowing the user freedom to move around when operating.

I can see what I am doing!

1985

Microsoft came out with their first OS in 1985. It was initially used for IBM compatible personal computers. 1985 was the first time a windows OS user could actually see and navigate the desktop with a mouse. Prior to this software DOS users would type in the commands that the PC would need to do.