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What happened in history on this day: June 11?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1986 - Paramount Pictures releases the film Ferris Bueller's Day Off to theaters in the USA. An IBM PC personal computer appears in a bedroom and in an office.
- 1991 - On the cruise yacht New Yorker, dubbed the "DOS Boat", in New York City harbor, Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer unveil MS-DOS 5.0. It adds a full-screen editor, undelete and unformat utilities, and task swapping. GW-BASIC is replaced with Qbasic, based on Microsoft's QuickBASIC.
- 2001 - Pitcairn Islands issues four postage stamps depicting computer keyboard, circuit board, integrated circuit, mouse, and CD-ROM.
- 2003 - MacSoft / Destineer releases the Unreal Tournament 2003 game for the Macintosh in the USA. Price is US$49.99.
- 2003 - Intel releases 2.4, 2.66, 2.8, and 3.06 GHz mobile Pentium 4 processors. Each features SpeedStep battery-saving technology, and 533 MHz system bus. Prices range from US$186 to US$417 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2003 - Intel releases 2.2, 2.3, and 2.4 GHz mobile Celeron processors. Prices range from US$74 to US$84 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2003 - Intel releases the 2.6 GHz Pentium 4-M processor. Price is US$562 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2003 - Intel releases the 2.4 GHz low power mobile Celeron processor. Price is US$149 in 1000-unit quantities.
Video Game history:
- 1986 - Paramount Pictures releases the film Ferris Bueller's Day Off to theaters in the USA. Arcade game Karate Champ appears. The sound effects of Pac-Man dying can be heard.
- 1990 - A U.S. District Court judge in San Francisco declines Nintendo's request to issue a temporary restraining order against Lewis Galoob Toys selling the Game Genie product.
- 2001 - Nintendo launches the Game Boy Advance portable game system in the US. It features 32-bit ARM RISC processor, 2.9-inch reflective TFT 240 x 160 pixel 32,768-color display. Size is 3.25 x 5.6 inches; two AA batteries power the system for about 15 hours.
- 2001 - Namco releases the Namco Museum video game for the Game Boy Advance in the US.
- 2001 - Nintendo releases the Super Mario Advance video game for the Game Boy Advance.
- 2001 - Konami releases the Castlevania: Circle of the Moon video game for the Game Boy Advance in the US.
- 2001 - Majesco releases the Iridion 3-D video game for the Game Boy Advance in the USA.
- 2001 - Majesco releases the Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure video game for the Game Boy Advance in the USA.
- 2001 - Majesco releases the Earthworm Jim video game for the Game Boy Advance in the USA.
- 2001 - Ubi Soft releases the Rayman Advance video game for the Game Boy Advance in the USA.
- 2001 - Activision releases the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 video game for the Game Boy Advance in the USA.
- 2001 - 3DO releases the Army Men Advance video game for the Game Boy Advance in the USA.
- 2001 - Kemco releases the Top Gear GT Championship video game for the Game Boy Advance in the USA.
- 2001 - Nintendo releases the F-Zero: Maximum Velocity video game for the Game Boy Advance in the USA.
- 2001 - Activision releases the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 video game for the Game Boy Advance in the USA.
- 2006 - Nintendo releases the DS Lite handheld video game system in the US. Case color is Polar White. Price is US$129.99.
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