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What happened in history on this day: September 13?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1956 - IBM introduces the IBM 350 Disk File, the first hard drive, as part of the IBM RAMAC 305 computer. The drive features fifty double-sided 24-inch diameter platters, served by one arm and one read/write head. Capacity is about 5 MB, and transfer rate is 8800 characters per second.
- 1981 - Control Data introduces the Control Data 110 microcomputer. Price is US$4995.
- 1985 - Steve Jobs informs John Sculley of five Apple employees would will resign to join him in his new company. They are Bud Tribble, Dan'l Lewin, George Crow, Rich Page, and Susan Barnes.
- 1988 - IBM introduces the IBM PS/2 Model 30 286, using the AT-bus. It features a 10 MHz 286, 512 kB RAM, VGA, and 20 MB hard drive.
- 2000 - Apple Computer releases the Mac OS X Public Beta. Price is US$29.95.
- 2002 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Fairly Oddparents TV show in the US. A personal computer appears.
- 2011 - At Microsoft's annual developer conference, Microsoft distributes 5000 Samsung tablet computers running a test version of Windows 8 operating system.
Video Game history:
- 1983 - Nintendo releases the Super Mario Bros. video game in arcades in Japan.
- 1992 - A US Court of Appeals rules that reverse engineering is a legitimate business practice. The ruling comes in the Nintendo versus Atari copyright infringement case. The court rules, however, that Atari had infringed Nintendo copyrights for other reasons.
- 1993 - Acclaim Entertainment releases the Mortal Kombat video game for the Super NES, Genesis, Game Boy, and Game Gear game systems in the US. Price for the Super NES is US$74.99, for the Game Boy US$34.99. Acclaim spent US$10 million on pre-release marketing, declaring the day "Mortal Monday".
- 1999 - In Japan, Sony announces the official name of the successor to the PlayStation is PlayStation 2. The system will be released first in Japan on March 4, priced at 39,800 yen (about US$370). It will include a DualShock 2 Analog Controller, 8 MB Memory Card, 24x CD-ROM / 4x DVD ROM drive. Future plans for the system include Web site browsing, new game downloads to a hard drive, downloads of music and films, and interactive online versions of TV game shows.
- 2002 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Fairly Oddparents TV show in the US. A scene takes place in a video game arcade. Two characters play a "Virtua-Stud" virtual reality video game. In an arena battle, a giant ape throws barrels down steps and ladders, a reference to the Donkey Kong video game.
- 2004 - Konami releases the Gradius V video game for the PlayStation 2 in the US.
- 2005 - Electronic Arts releases the Burnout: Revenge video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
- 2005 - EA Games releases the Burnout Legends video game for the PlayStation Portable in the USA.
- 2005 - Tecmo releases the Tecmo Classic Arcade video game for the Xbox in the US. Included games are: Solomon's Key, Bomb Jack, Star Force, Rygar, Tecmo Bowl.
- 2006 - Nintendo releases the DS Lite handheld video game system in onyx (black) and coral (pink) colored cases.
- 2011 - Sony Computer Entertainment releases the God of War: Origins Collection video game for the PlayStation 3 in the US.
- 2011 - Natsume releases the Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns video game for the Nintendo DS and 3DS in the US.
- 2011 - EA Sports releases the NFL 12 video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the US.
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