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Major computer events in 1982
Compaq Computer Corp. was founded in 1982 by Rod Canion and other Texas Instruments Incorporated engineers. Compaq was the first company to introduce a clone of the IBM PC (the Compaq Portable in 1983) and became IBMs biggest challenger in the corporate market.
The Intel 80286 was introduced on February 1, 1982.
The CD-ROM format was first developed by Denon in 1982. The first CD was created at a Philips factory in Germany on August 17, 1982.
Other computer events in 1982
On January 18, 1982, the Time Magazine was released with its first cover dedicated to video games with the title 'Video Games Are Blitzing the World.'
The field of quantum computing was introduced by Richard Feynman.
DEC released the Rainbow 100.
Peter Norton created Norton Utilities.
Sony released its first Trinitron monitor.
Jack Kilby was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
Microsoft established a subsidiary in England to begin foreign sales efforts.
The HX-20 was the first notebook-sized portable computer introduced by Epson.
Apple Computer was the first personal computer manufacturer to hit the $1 billion mark for annual sales.
Professor Scott Fahlman created a post on a bulletin board mentioning the idea of using a series of characters to represent a smiley face and frowning face on September 19, 1982. His idea later became known as emoticons.
Rich Skrenta, a 15-year old high school student, created the first computer virus known as The Elk Cloner.
The first permanent artificial heart was implanted into Barney Clark on December 2, 1982.
New computer products and services introduced in 1982
Microsoft released FORTRAN for the PC COBOL for MS-DOS and Multiplan for the Apple II and CP/M machines.
Hayes released the Smartmodem 1200, a modem with transfer rates of 1,200 bits per second.
WordPerfect Corporation introduced WordPerfect 1.0 a word processing program that became one of the most popular word processing program.
The first luggable computer was introduced.
The Commodore 64 (C64), an 8-bit computer with 64 kilobytes of memory and Commodore BASIC, began to be sold.
SCSI was completed in 1982.
SGI introduced the IRIX operating system.
Microsoft re-branded PC-DOS (originally 86-DOS) to MS-DOS in 1982. MS-DOS version 1.25 was later released in 1982.
The 5ESS switch was first deployed in Seneca, Illinois on March 25, 1982.
Sony began selling the first audio CD players on October 1, 1982.
The XT bus was introduced in 1982.
AutoCAD was introduced in December 1982.
The QNX real-time operating system was released for the 8088 processor.
The Vectrex video game console was released in 1982.
Computer companies founded in 1982
Sun was incorporated in February 1982, with four employees.
EA (Electronic Arts) was founded on May 28, 1982.
Access Software was established in 1982.
Adobe was founded in 1982.
Autodesk was established in 1982.
BTC was founded in 1982.
Diamond Multimedia was founded in 1982.
ENSONIQ was founded in 1982.
Hercules was founded in 1982.
Labtec was founded in 1982.
Lotus Development Corporation was founded in 1982.
LucasArts was founded in 1982.
Maxtor was founded in 1982.
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MidWest Micro was founded in 1982.
Number Nine was founded in 1982.
Orchid Technology was founded in 1982.
SGI was founded in 1982.
Sigma Designs was founded in 1982.
Signal Technology was founded in 1982.
SyQuest Technology was founded in 1982.
Symantec was founded in 1982.
Computer company events in 1982
AT&T agreed to divest itself of the Bell operating companies that provided local exchange service in the U.S. government antitrust suit against AT&T that started in 1974.
Expandor, Inc. changed its name to Black Box Corporation in 1982.
Kyoto Ceramic Company changed its name to Kyocera in 1982.
Computer-related movies released in 1982
Sigma Designs was founded in 1982.
Signal Technology was founded in 1982.
SyQuest Technology was founded in 1982.
Symantec was founded in 1982.
Computer company events in 1982
AT&T agreed to divest itself of the Bell operating companies that provided local exchange service in the U.S. government antitrust suit against AT&T that started in 1974.
Expandor, Inc. changed its name to Black Box Corporation in 1982.
Kyoto Ceramic Company changed its name to Kyocera in 1982.
Computer-related movies released in 1982
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan was released on June 4, 1982.
The movie Blade Runner was released on June 25, 1982.
Disney released the movie Tron on July 9, 1982, the first movie to use computer-generated special effects.
Computer pioneers born in 1982
Anthony Casalena was born on April 24, 1982.
Ryan Block was born on June 25, 1982.
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Anand Shimpi was born on June 26, 1982.
Ben Silbermann was born on July 14, 1982.
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Veronica Belmont was born on July 21, 1982.
Computer pioneer deaths in 1982
Haskell Curry passed away on September 1, 1982 (Age: 81).
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