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What happened in history on this day: April 5?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1982 - The New York Times newspaper reports on page one that the IBM PC's BASIC contains a basic mathematical flaw. Entering 0.1 divided by 10 will result in a wrong answer. The culprit is a bug in Microsoft's floating-point math routine in the BASIC ROM chip.
- 1983 - Honeywell introduces the MicroSystem 6/10 microcomputer. It is compatible with Honeywell's DPS 6 mainframe family. It uses LSI 6 and Intel 8086 processors, 128 kB RAM, dual 5.25-inch drives, display, keyboard, and I/O ports for US$4000-10,000.
- 1999 - Advanced Micro Devices releases the 475 MHz K6-2 processor. Price is US$213 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2000 - America Online unveils Netscape Navigator 6.
- 2006 - Apple Computer releases the Boot Camp software allowing the new Intel-based Apple computers to run Windows XP.
- 2009 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A laptop computer appears. Three desktop computers appear in a library.
Video Game history:
- 2000 - Comedy Central airs the South Park TV show in the USA. The Sega Dreamcast video game system is mentioned.
- 2004 - EA Sports releases the Fight Night 2004 video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
- 2006 - Midway releases the NBA Ballers Phenom video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
- 2009 - Nintendo releases the Nintendo DSi handheld video game system in the USA. It features SD memory card slot, thinner than Nintendo DS Lite, slightly larger dual screens, Opera-based Web browser, two cameras, no Game Boy Advance cartridge slot; price is US$169.
- 2022 - Premiere of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 film in Los Angeles, California.
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