|
What happened in history on this day: June 6?
On June 6 in ...
|
Personal Computer history:
- 1982 - The Summer Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is held.
- 1983 - At the Consumer Electronics Show, Texas Instruments introduces the TI 99/8 home computer. It features 80 kB RAM; price is expected to be under US$500.
- 1989 - IBM introduces the Interleaf desktop publishing software for DOS-based personal computers. Price is US$750-995.
- 1997 - IBM introduces Aptiva C3D computers with DVD-ROM drives. Prices range from US$1799 to US$2899.
- 2000 - At the Computex trade show, Via Technologies of Taiwan introduces the Cyrix III processor. Speeds are 533 to 667 MHz, priced between US$75 and US$160.
- 2001 - Advanced Micro Devices releases the 1.4 GHz Athlon processor. Price is US$253 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2001 - Advanced Micro Devices releases the 950 MHz Duron processor. Price is US$122 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2003 - Corel announces it has agreed to be acquired by Vector Capital, for about US$98 million.
- 2005 - In San Francisco, California, Apple Computer announces it is abandoning the PowerPC processor in favor of Intel processors for Macintosh computers. The first Intel-based Macintosh computers should be on the market by mid-2006, with PowerPC-based computers phased out by the end of 2007. Reasons given for the switch are the lack of a 3 GHz G5 processor, lack of G5 processors for portable computers, and the Intel processor future looks better for Apple computers.
Video Game history:
- 1982 - At the Summer CES, 20th Century-Fox Film announces its entry into the video game industry, by forming a new division to create software for the Atari VCS game system.
- 2002 - Electronic Arts releases the Medal of Honor: Frontline video game for the PlayStation 2 in the US.
- 2006 - Midway releases the MLB SlugFest 2006 video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
- 2006 - The Entertainment Software Association files a lawsuit against the state of Minnesota in Minnesota Federal District Court, to overturn a new bill that would fine children and teens for buying or renting mature or adults-only games.
- 2007 - Namco Bandai releases the Pac Man Championship Edition video game on the Xbox Live online service. The game was personally designed by Toru Iwatani, who designed the original Pac-Man arcade game.
|
|
vvv advertisement vvv
^^^ advertisement ^^^
You can pick a particular day to view that day's events in history.
Bookmark this URL: http://kpolsson.com/thisday/compvid/ and revisit each day.
(this URL will automatically re-direct to the file containing the current day's events)
Or, visit my Timelines of History page.
|