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What happened in history on this day: August 28?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1980 - IBM representatives meet at Microsoft again. Bill Gates signs a consulting agreement for US$15,000 to develop the software specifications for IBM's personal computer. Jack Sams asks about alternatives to CP/M-86. Gates says he might find one.
- 1991 - The first email message is sent from space to Earth, sent by the crew of space shuttle STS-43 Atlantis, using a Macintosh Portable computer and AppleLink software.
- 1998 - Apple Computer releases the iMac in Japan. Price is 178,000 yen (US$1227).
- 2000 - Think Outside releases a portable keyboard for Hewlett-Packard's Jornada 540 Pocket PC.
- 2000 - Advanced Micro Devices begins volume shipments of its 1.1 GHz Athlon processor.
- 2000 - Intel temporarily ceases production of its 1.13 GHz Pentium III processor, and recalls those that have been shipped, due to the discovery of system hangs under certain conditions.
- 2003 - Canadian software maker Corel announces its US$98 million acquisition by Vector Capital of San Francisco, California, has been completed.
Video Game history:
- 1992 - A US Court of Appeals reverses the decision in Sega Enterprises versus Accolade, which was ruled in Sega's favor in April. The new ruling in the game cartridge copyright infringement suit accepts Accolade's claim of "fair use" of Sega's copyrighted games, to learn how to create other games for the Sega game console, which were then created without knowledge of the disassembled object code. This ruling allows software developers to learn from hidden software interfaces, when no other means is available.
- 2000 - Nintendo releases the Mario Tennis video game for the Nintendo 64 in the US.
- 2006 - Nintendo releases the Star Fox Command video game for the Nintendo DS in the US.
- 2007 - Microsoft Game Studios releases the Blue Dragon video game for the Xbox 360 in the USA.
- 2009 - Microsoft cuts the price of the Xbox 360 Elite by $100 to US$299.99. The Xbox 360 Arcade version will remain at US$199.99, and the Pro model will be phased out. In Europe, the Elite will drop to 249.99 euros and 199.99 pounds in the UK.
- 2017 - Ubisoft releases the Mario and Rabbids: Kingdom Battle video game for the Switch in the USA.
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