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What happened in history on this day: August 22?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1980 - IBM's Project Chess task force meets with Digital Research about using CP/M-86 for IBM's upcoming microcomputer.
- 1985 - Microsoft and IBM sign a joint-development agreement to work together on future operating systems and environments.
- 1986 - IBM and Microsoft announce a Joint Development Agreement for operating system development. The agreement was signed in June.
- 2000 - Intel announces the 1.4 GHz Pentium 4 processor, incorporating 42 million transistors.
Video Game history:
- 1987 - Nintendo releases The Legend of Zelda video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System in the US. This is the first NES game with a battery-powered save feature.
- 2001 - Nintendo announces it is delaying the release of the GameCube in North America from November 5 to November 18, to increase the quantity of systems available at launch from 500,000 to 700,000.
- 2005 - Nintendo releases the Nintendogs: Lab & Friends video game for the Nintendo DS in the US and Canada. Also Dachshund & Friends, and Chihuahua & Friends.
- 2006 - EA Sports releases the Madden NFL 07 video game for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Cube, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, and Game Boy Advance in the US.
- 2017 - Sony Interactive Entertainment releases the Uncharted: The Lost Legacy video game for the PlayStation 4 in the USA.
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