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What happened in history on this day: September 15?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1982 - Texas Instruments and IBM enter a joint agreement for Texas Instruments to produce chips for cards for networking office machines with computers.
- 1986 - Apple Computer introduces the Apple IIGS computer. It features a 16-bit Western Design Center W65C816 microprocessor operating at 1 MHz or 2.8 MHz, 7 expansion slots, built-in ports, QuickDraw II in ROM, Apple Desktop Plus, and Apple 3.5 Drive. Compatibility with Apple II software is about 90 percent. Base price is US$1000, with a full system priced at US$1900. "GS" stands for Graphics and Sound.
- 1995 - United Artists releases the film Hackers to theaters in the US. Various personal computers are used throughout the film to control television programming, a supercomputer, traffic lights, building lights, and more. Apple Computer products appear (3.5-inch disk drive, portable computer, windowing software).
- 1997 - Apple Computer announces several Power Macintosh 6500 systems with 275 to 300 MHz PowerPC 603e processors, and the Mac OS 8 operating system.
- 1998 - Microsoft releases Office 97 Service Pack 2.
Video Game history:
- 1995 - United Artists releases the film Hackers to theaters in the US.
- A prototype of the PlayStation game Wipeout is played in a nightclub.
- The PlayStation logo appears in the game.
- A Nintendo Powerglove appears.
- The Atari Virtuality SU2000 virtual-reality arcade system is shown.
- A character says "A wake-up call for the Nintendo generation".
- 2005 - In Chiba, Japan, the Tokyo Game Show is held, over four days. Nintendo shows a prototype wireless controller for its next console video game system. It is shaped like a television remote controller, interacting with sensors attached to the television to detect movement. An expansion slot allows for add-on devices.
- 2009 - EA Games releases the Need for Speed: Shift video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the USA.
- 2009 - Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment releases the Scribblenauts video game for the Nintendo DS in the USA.
- 2009 - EA Sports releases the NHL 10 video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the USA.
- 2010 - Sony releases the PlayStation Move motion sensing system for the PlayStation 3 in the US and Europe.
- 2017 - Bethesda releases the Dishonored: Death of the Outsider video game for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in the USA.
- 2017 - Sega releases the Sonic Mania video game for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in the USA.
- 2017 - Nintendo releases the Metroid: Samus Returns video game ror the Nintendo 3DS in the USA.
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