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What happened in history on this day: January 4?
On January 4 in ...
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Personal Computer history:
- 1980 - Hewlett-Packard introduces the HP-85 microcomputer. It features 16 kB RAM, 32-character wide 5-inch diameter CRT display, small built-in printer, cassette tape recorder, and keyboard. Price is US$3250. Code-name during development was Project Capricorn.
- 1984 - Franklin Computer agrees to pay US$2.5 million in damages to Apple Computer for copyright infringement of the operating system used in the Apple II computer. Franklin Computer agrees to cease selling their cloned operating system by April 1.
- 1995 - At the Macworld Expo in San Francisco, California, Motorola introduces the Marco Wireless Communicator, based on the Apple Newton. It features wireless communications for US$50-130 per month. Weight is 1.8 pounds. Price is US$900-1400.
- 1996 - Intel announces the immediate availability of the 150 MHz (60 MHz bus) and 166 MHz (66 MHz bus) Pentium processors. Pricing is US$547 (150 MHz) and US$749 (166 MHz) each in quantities of 1000. The processor operates on 3.3-volts of power, and utilizes Intel's 0.35 micron BiCMOS manufacturing technology. Project name during development was P54CS.
- 1999 - Intel releases 366 and 400 MHz Celeron processors, priced at US$123 and US$158 each, respectively, in 1000-unit quantities.
- 1999 - Hayes lays off about 250 employees and shuts down operations in preparation for liquidation.
- 1999 - In San Francisco, California, the Macworld Expo / San Francisco trade show is held, over five days.
- 2000 - Intel releases the 533 MHz Celeron processor, with 66 MHz system bus. Price is US$167 each in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2000 - The Macworld Expo trade show is held in San Francisco, California, over five days.
- 2001 - Linus Torvalds releases version 2.4 of the Linux kernel software source code. New features include better multiprocessor support for four or more processors, support for 36-bit memory addressing, and USB and IEEE 1394 support.
- 2002 - Intel releases the 1.3 GHz Celeron processor. It features 256 kB level 2 cache, and 100 MHz system bus. The processor is manufacturing using a 0.13-micron process. Price is US$118 in 1000-unit quantities.
Video Game history:
- 2004 - Sega releases the Sonic Battle video game for the Game Boy Advance in the US.
- 2005 - EA Sports BIG releases the NFL Street 2 video game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube in the US.
- 2011 - Nintendo releases the Mario Sports Mix video game for the Nintendo Wii in the US.
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