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What happened in history on this day: February 19?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1981 - At the International Solid State Circuits Conference Intel introduces the iAPX432 processor, and begins shipping evaluation sets. The processor comes in three chips, incorporating over 200,000 transistors. Performance is claimed as 2 MIPS.
- 1985 - US President Ronald Reagan awards Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak jointly the National Medal of Technology for their achievements at Apple Computer.
- 1986 - Activision makes a deal to acquire Infocom for US$7.5 million in cash and stock.
- 1996 - Apple Computer announces that Motorola's Computer Group has licensed the Mac OS. Motorola can also sub-license the Mac OS to other manufacturers who purchase PowerPC motherboards from Motorola.
- 2001 - Apple Computer begins shipping the 733 MHz Power Mac with CD/DVD writer.
- 2002 - Be company sues Microsoft for destruction of its business.
- 2009 - THQ releases the Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II game for personal computers in the USA.
Video Game history:
- 1974 - Nolan Bushnell is granted a patent on controlling counters dynamically by logic circuits.
- 1982 - Mattel Electronics introduces several of its Intellivision video games modified to play on the Atari VCS game system.
- 1983 - In Washington, D.C., the Corcoran Gallery of Art exhibits 200 video arcade games. US$35 tours include limited free plays, competitions, prizes, etc.
- 1991 - American Video Entertainment accuses Nintendo of making secret technical changes to its Nintendo Entertainment System to make competitors' cartridges unplayable. Nintendo responds saying that changes are part of an ongoing effort to stop worldwide game counterfeiting.
- 2003 - Agetec releases the Disaster Report video game for the PlayStation 2 in the US.
- 2008 - Sega releases The Club video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the USA.
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