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What happened in history on this day: October 19?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1981 - Digital Equipment announces its entry into the personal computer field, with attachments for their VT-100 terminals: a card with 8-bit microprocessor, two floppy disk drives, and 64 kB RAM. The system will run CP/M operating system, and cost about US$2400.
- 1998 - The antitrust trial of the US Justice Department against Microsoft begins. Government lawyers spend three hours detailing acts that allegedly show that Microsoft attempted to illegally maintain a desktop operating system monopoly and used predatory tactics to create a new monopoly for Web browser software.
- 2004 - The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California inducts five visionaries as fellows: Dan Bricklin, Bob Frankston, Niklaus Wirth, Erich Bloch, and Bob Evans. Bricklin and Frankston created the VisiCalc spreadsheet software. Wirth created the Pascal programming language. Bloch and Evans were key members of the IBM team that created the System/360 mainframe architecture.
- 2004 - Apple Computer introduces a new low-end iBook portable computer. It features 1.2 GHz G4 processor, DVD reader / CD writer drive, 12-inch LCD screen, 256 MB DDR266 RAM, 133 MHz bus, ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 with 32 MB DDR RAM, 30 GB hard drive, 1024x768 pixel graphics, AirPort Extreme wireless networking, two USB 2.0 ports, one FireWire 400 port, 100BaseT Ethernet port, 56 Kbps v.92 modem. Price is US$999.
- 2004 - Apple Computer introduces a new midrange iBook portable computer. It features 1.33 GHz processor, DVD reader / CD writer drive, 14-inch screen, 256 MB DDR266 RAM, 133 MHz bus, ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 with 32 MB DDR RAM, 60 GB hard drive, 1024x768 pixel graphics, AirPort Extreme wireless networking, two USB 2.0 ports, one FireWire 400 port, 100BaseT Ethernet port, 56 Kbps v.92 modem. Price is US$1299.
- 2004 - Apple Computer introduces a new high-end iBook portable computer. It features 1.33 GHz G4 processor, 256 MB RAM, 60 GB hard drive, DVD/CD writer SuperDrive, 14.1-inch 1024x768 resolution LCD display, AirPort Extreme card, 802.11g woreless, 2 USB 2.0 ports, FireWire 400 port, Ethernet port, v.92 modem. Price is US$1499.
- 2004 - Apple Computer introduces new Power Mac G5 computers. They feature single 1.8 GHz to dual 2.5 GHz processors, 80 or 160 GB hard drive, Nvidia GeForce Fx 5200 Ultra card in 8X AGP slot, 256 MB DDR400 SDRAM, 8X SuperDrive, three 33 MHz 64-bit PCI slots, AirPort Extreme slot, two FireWire 400 ports, one FireWire 800 port, three USB 2.0 ports, 600 MHz front-side bus.
- 2004 - Advanced Micro Devices releases the 2.4 GHz Athlon 64 4000+ processor. It features 1 MB cache. Price is US$729 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2004 - Advanced Micro Devices releases the 2.6 GHz Athlon FX-55 processor. It features 1 MB level 2 cache, 0.13-micron fabrication. Price is US$827 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2005 - Costa Rica issues a postage stamp depicting a child at a computer, showing a mouse and keyboard.
- 2005 - Apple Computer announces a new Power Mac featuring a dual-core 2.0 GHz PowerPC G5 processor, 512 MB RAM, 160 GB hard drive, Nvidia GeForce 6600 LE video card with 128 MB video RAM, three PCI Express expansion slots, 16x SuperDrive with double-layer support, FireWire 800 port, two FireWire 400 ports, four USB 2.0 ports, two USB 1.1 ports, optical and digital audio input and output, and 802.11g Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0 support. Price is US$1,999.
- 2005 - Apple Computer announces a new Power Mac featuring a dual-core 2.3 GHz PowerPC G5 processor, 512 MB RAM, 250 GB hard drive, Nvidia GeForce 6600 LE video card with 256 MB video RAM, three PCI Express expansion slots, 16x SuperDrive with double-layer support, FireWire 800 port, two FireWire 400 ports, four USB 2.0 ports, two USB 1.1 ports, optical and digital audio input and output, and 802.11g Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0 support. Price is US$2,499.
- 2005 - Apple Computer announces the Power Mac G5 Quad computer. It features two dual-core 2.5 GHz PowerPC G5 processor, 512 MB RAM, 250 GB hard drive, Nvidia GeForce 6600 LE video card with 256 MB video RAM, three PCI Express expansion slots, 16x SuperDrive with double-layer support, FireWire 800 port, two FireWire 400 ports, four USB 2.0 ports, two USB 1.1 ports, optical and digital audio input and output, and 802.11g Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0 support. Price is US$3,299, available in November.
- 2006 - In Monza, Italy, the 2006 World Cyber Games are held. About 700 players from 70 countries attend. Total prize money is US$435,000.
Video Game history:
- 2004 - Sega releases the ESPN NBA 2K5 video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
- 2004 - Take-Two releases the Robotech Invasion video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
- 2004 - Konami releases the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus video game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance, and GameCube in the US.
- 2008 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. Two generic arcade video game units appear.
- 2010 - Bethesda Softworks releases the Fallout: New Vegas video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the US.
- 2010 - Activision releases the DJ Hero 2 video game for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii in the US.
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