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What happened in history on this day: December 16?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1975 - IMS Associates begins ships its first IMSAI 8080 computer kits to customers.
- 1986 - Microsoft agrees to buy back seven licensing agreements from Seattle Computer Products for US$925,000, in an out-of-court settlement. SCP had sought US$60 million in damages.
- 1994 - Apple Computer signs a licensing agreement with Power Computing, allowing the company to produce Macintosh-compatible computers.
- 1996 - Adobe Systems begins shipping PageMaker 6.5 for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0. Price is US$895; upgrade price is US$99.
- 1996 - IBM and Motorola announce they will halt development and sales of Windows NT-based PowerPC systems.
- 1998 - Iomega begins shipping the Clik removable storage drives.
- 1999 - Be company stock trades at a high of $39 per share, giving the company a market capitalization of $1.4 billion.
- 2005 - Microsoft announces it will discontinue support for Internet Explorer on the Macintosh at the end of the year.
Video Game history:
- 1982 - The ABC TV network airs the half-hour animated special Christmas Comes to Pac-Land.
- 1993 - Toys 'R' Us in the USA ceases selling the Night Trap video game for the Sega Genesis game system, due to public complaints about violence.
- 2003 - Electronic Arts releases The Sims: Bustin' Out video game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, and Game Boy Advance in the US.
- 2003 - SNK releases the Metal Slug 3 video game for the PlayStation 2 in the US.
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