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What happened in history on this day: January 18?
On January 18 in ...
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Personal Computer history:
- 1983 - The CP/M '83 Show is held in San Francisco, California.
- 1983 - Radio Shack unveils the TRS-80 Model 12 at the CP/M '83 Show. It features a Zilog Z80A processor, 80 kB RAM, 82-key keyboard, 1.25 MB floppy drive, and software compatibility with the TRS-80 Model II. Price is US$3200.
- 1983 - Franklin Computer shows an operating Franklin Ace 1200 Apple II compatible at the CP/M '83 Show. It features an 8-bit processor, 128 kB RAM, color display, upper/lower-case keyboard, 143 kB floppy drive, CP/M card, 80-column text card, for US$2200.
- 1983 - To date, 750,000 Apple II computers have been sold.
- 1989 - On the CBS television show Wiseguy, a Commodore Amiga A2000 is shown.
- 1994 - The lawsuit between Stac Electronics and Microsoft begins court sessions.
- 2000 - Intel announces the 600 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor, with SpeedStep technology. The processor can run at 500 MHz on battery power, consuming about half power of full-speed mode. Code-name during development was Geyserville.
Video Game history:
- 2005 - THQ releases The Punisher video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
- 2011 - Sony CE releases the Little Big Planet 2 video game for the PlayStation 3 in the USA.
- 2022 - Microsoft announces a deal to acquire Activision Blizzard for US$68.7 billion.
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