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What happened in history on this day: July 22?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1975 - Bill Gates and Paul Allen sign a licensing agreement with MITS, for their implementation of the BASIC language. Gates and Allen receive US$3,000 immediately, with royalties of US$30 per copy of 4K BASIC, and US$35 for 8K BASIC.
- 1980 - IBM representatives meet with Microsoft's Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer to talk about Microsoft products, and home computers.
- 1982 - Tangerine Computer Systems announces the Oric-1 microcomputer.
- 1986 - Software Publishing introduces the PFS:Professional Series, consisting of a word processor (US$199), a database filing system (US$249), and a spreadsheet program (US$249), and the PFS:First Choice software incorporating basic versions of all three functions for beginners, for US$149.
- 1996 - Sharp, Fujitsu, Advanced Micro Devices, and Intel create the Common Flash Memory Interface, a standard for software access of flash memory.
- 1997 - Apple Computer officially announces Mac OS 8.0.
- 1998 - Belize issues a postage stamp depicting personal computers in school, connected to the Internet.
- 1999 - The Shareware Industry Conference is held in Tampa, Florida.
- 2002 - Sony launches the Clie PEG-SL10 handheld computer. It features 8 MB RAM, Palm OS 4.1, monochrome 320x320 pixel screen, Memory Stick slot, and two AAA batteries. Price is US$149.
- 2005 - Microsoft announces the name of the next Windows operating system: Windows Vista.
- 2009 - Microsoft releases Windows 7 code to PC manufacturers in the USA.
- 2010 - Comedy Central airs the Futurama TV show in the USA. A sign on a Mexican building reads "ADOBE PHOTO SHOPPE", a play on the name of Adobe PhotoShop software.
Video Game history:
- 1997 - Sega terminates its agreement for 3Dfx to supply custom 3D graphics chipset for the next Sega video game system.
- 2008 - Square Enix releases the Final Fantasy IV video game for the Nintendo DS in the US.
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