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What happened in history on this day: November 4?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1982 - Compaq Computer introduces the Compaq Portable PC, compatible with the IBM PC. It features 4.77 MHz 8088, 128 kB RAM, 9-inch monochrome monitor, one 320 kB 5.25-inch disk drive. Price is US$2995; weight is 28 pounds. It cost Compaq US$1 million to create an IBM-compatible ROM BIOS that did not violate IBM's copyright. The computer is expected to be availble in early 1983.
- 1995 - Thailand issues a 6-baht postage stamp for the World Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition, depicting a personal computer.
- 1996 - Corel ships the CorelDraw 7 software for Windows. Price is US$695; upgrade price is US$249.
- 1997 - Apple Computer announces a deal with CompUSA for a "store within a store" for Apple products in all 148 retail locations.
- 2003 - Novell announces plans to acquire SuSE Linux for US$210 million.
Video Game history:
- 1998 - Sony CEA releases the Crash Bandicoot: Warped video game for the PlayStation in the US. Price is US$49.
- 1999 - Disney Interactive, ESPN, and Konami announce a deal for production of a line of ESPN sports games for video game systems.
- 2003 - Sony CEA releases the SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs video game for the PlayStation 2 in the US.
- 2003 - Sony releases the Eye Toy camera for the PlayStation 2 in the US.
- 2008 - Sony Computer Entertainment releases the Resistance 2 video game for the PlayStation 3 in the USA.
- 2008 - Activision releases the Call of Duty: World at War video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the USA.
- 2008 - Sega releases the Valkyria Chronicles for the PlayStation 3 in the USA.
- 2010 - Microsoft releases the Kinect motion-sensing system for the Xbox 360 in the US. Price is $150, including Kinect sensor, Kinect Adventures video game, and cables. A bundle of a 4-GB Xbox 360 with Kinect is priced at $299.99.
- 2010 - Harmonix releases the Dance Central video game for the Xbox 360 in the US.
- 2010 - Sega releases the Sonic Free Riders video game for the Xbox 360 in the US.
- 2016 - Nintendo releases the Mario Party Star Rush video game for the Nintendo 3DS in the USA.
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