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What happened in history on this day: September 3?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1991 - Lotus Development ships Lotus 1-2-3 for Windows. Price is US$595.
- 1991 - Integral Peripherals introduces the first 1.8-inch hard disk drive, in capacities of 20 and 40 MB. The drive is about the size of a deck of cards.
- 1996 - Iomega announces the Ditto tape backup drive. It features 2 GB storage capacity, backward-compatibility with other tape formats Drive price is US$149.95 (internal) and US$199.95 (external); cartridge price is about US$20.
- 1999 - In Iowa, Microware Systems files a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against Apple Computer, claiming trademark violation by Apple of Microware's "OS-9" operating system. Microware seeks Apple's earnings from the sale of Mac OS 9, and an order refraining Apple from using the name in advertising.
- 2006 - FreeDOS 1.0 is released.
- 2009 - US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit grants Microsoft a stay of injuction issues August against selling Word.
Video Game history:
- 1981 - Coleco Industries obtains exclusive use of Midway Manufacturing's trademark on self-contained and portable electronic versions of Midway's coin-operated arcade games.
- 1996 - Nintendo releases the Game Boy Pocket portable game system in the USA.
- 2003 - Sega Sports releases the NFL 2K4 video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
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