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What happened in history on this day: June 28?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1982 - The Spring COMDEX trade show is held, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
- 1984 - Motorola introduces the 16 MHz 68020 processor, a 32-bit version of the 68000, in CMOS, with on-board cache. Estimated performance is 2-3 MIPS. Price is US$487 each.
- 1984 - Epson America introduces the Geneva PX-8 laptop computer. It features Z80 processor, 64 kB RAM, 32 kB ROM, flip-up LCD screen with 80x8 text screen, 480x64 graphics, built-in microcassette tape drive, CP/M 2.2, MicroPro's ROM-based WordStar/Calc/Scheduler, and Microsoft BASIC. Price is US$995; weight is 4-5 pounds.
- 1998 - Unit sales of Windows 98 in its first four days: 530,000.
- 2000 - Intel announces that the processor code-named "Willamette" will formally be called Pentium 4.
- 2000 - Comedy Central airs the South Park TV show in the USA. A laptop computer appears, used to write a romance novel.
- 2001 - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upholds the ruling that Microsoft maintained its operating system monopoly by illegal means, but rejects the claim that Microsoft attempted to extend its monopoly to the Web browser market, removes Judge Thomas Jackson from the case, and rejects his order calling for the company to be broken up. The court asks the trial court to revisit the issue of tying the browser to Windows.
- 2004 - At Apple Computer's Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple debuts the Mac OS X 10.4 operating system. A major new feature is systemwide search technology "Spotlight". Code-name during development was Tiger.
- 2004 - Intel releases the 32/64-bit Xeon processor, with 800 MHz system bus. Speeds and prices are 3.6 GHz (US$851), 3.4 GHz (US$690), 3.2 GHz (US$455), 3 GHz (US$316), 2.8 GHz (US$209) in 1000-unit quantities. Code-name during development was Nocona.
Video Game history:
- 1972 - Atari Inc. is formed by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney.
- 2000 - Acclaim Entertainment releases the Mortal Kombat: Special Forces video game for the PlayStation in the US.
- 2011 - Capcom releases the Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D video game for the Nintendo 3DS in the US.
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