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What happened in history on this day: May 7?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1985 - Wang Laboratories introduces four new versions of its professional computers compatible with the IBM PC.
- 1988 - WordPerfect ships the first maintenance release for WordPerfect 5.0.
- 1997 - Intel releases the Pentium II processor. It features a new 66 MHz bus interface called Slot 1, 200 MHz 32 kB Level 1 cache, MMX instructions, 512 kB Level 2 external cache. CPU speeds available are 233, 266, and 300 MHz. The processor incorporates 7.5 million transistors using 0.35 micron process technology, and performs at 613 MIPS (300 MHz). Prices are US$636 (233 MHz), US$775 (266 MHz), and US$1981 (300 MHz) in 1000 unit quantities. Code-name during development was Klamath.
Video Game history:
- 1967 - Ralph Baer first tests his circuit for a simple block chase game on a standard television set.
- 1992 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show. A character says "Let's go to the arcade".
- 2001 - Nintendo releases the Mario Party 3 video game for the Nintendo 64 in the US.
- 2004 - Vivendi Universal Games releases the Van Helsing video game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, and Game Boy Advance in the USA.
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