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What happened in history on this day: January 24?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1976 - IMS Associates fires 17 employees, nearly half of its workforce.
- 1984 - At the Flint Center of DeAnza College in Cupertino, California, Apple Computer holds its annual stockholders meeting. The 1984 TV advertisement is shown, then Steve Jobs introduces the Apple Macintosh. It features a 7.83-MHz 32-bit Motorola 68000 CPU, built-in 9-inch monochrome screen, 512x342 graphics, 400 kB 3.5-inch Sony 400-kB floppy disk drive, mouse, 128 kB RAM. Weight is 20 pounds; size is 9.7 by 10.9 inches on base and 13.5 inches high; price: US$1995-2495. Original code-name was McIntosh. The 216 kB System 1 operating system was derived from LisaDesk. MacWrite and MacPaint software are included free for a limited time.
- 1984 - Apple Computer introduces its 300-baud modem for US$300, and 1200-baud modem for US$500.
- 1984 - Apple Computer releases the Apple ImageWriter printer for US$595. It is a modified C.Itoh printer.
- 1984 - At the Apple Computer stockholder meeting, Apple releases a new version of the Lisa computer, the Lisa 2. It can use the Macintosh operating system, or an update of the Lisa operating system. It comes with 512 kB RAM, mouse, keyboard, built-in 12-inch monitor, and one 3.5-inch 400 kB floppy drive, for US$3495. The Lisa 2/5 includes a 5 MB hard drive, for US$4495. The Lisa 2/10 includes a 10 MB hard drive, for US$5495.
- 1985 - Apple Computer settles a trademark-infringement lawsuit with Management and Computer Services over the use of the word "Mac" in Macintosh computer-related products. Apple agrees to pay an undisclosed sum.
- 1995 - Macromedia completes its acquisition of Altsys, maker of Freehand.
- 2000 - Sun Microsystems launches the Solaris 8 operating system.
- 2000 - Compaq Computer, Hewlett-Packard, Dell Computer, IBM, Gateway, and other companies begin selling computers running Windows 2000 operating system.
- 2001 - Cinévia Films releases the film Garrison's Flowers to theaters in France. The film is set in 1991, but a computer store window shows an advertisement for Windows 2000.
Video Game history:
- 1992 - Hudson releases the Ninja Gaiden video game for the PC Engine in Japan.
- 1994 - Sega releases the Sonic the Hedgehog 3 video game for the Genesis in the US.
- 2000 - Nintendo releases the Mario Party 2 video game for the Nintendo 64 in the US.
- 2001 - Cinévia Films releases the film Garrison's Flowers to theaters in France. The film is set in 1991, but a Sony PlayStation (released in 1995) is shown in a home.
- 2017 - Capcom releases the Resident Evil 7 Biohazard video game for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in the USA.
- 2017 - Sega releases the Yakuza 0 video game for the PlayStation 4 in the USA.
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