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June 6, 2005: Apple Switches to Intel

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June 6, 2011 Steve Jobs gave his last keynote for Apple

2005 – Steve Jobs spoke in front of the masses at the WWDC announcing that Apple will switch their processors from PowerPC to Intel. He then showed off the Mac OS X running on aPentium 4 CPU. The reasoning was that PowerPC chips took too much power to run and also ran hotter than an Intel chip.


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  • TI 99/8 is introduced
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May 7, 1967: Fox and Hounds – Ralph Baer Plays First Two-Player Game

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Fox and Hound 2-player game

1967 – Video game developer Ralph Baer plays the first two-player video game. Fox and Hounds was a game where the fox (a red dot) was chased by the hounds (white dots). The controller were two knobs –  horizontal and vertical. You would see how long you could avoid the hounds.

From his own website: 7 May 1967 – Played first two-player video game (I lost!)

This was part of a series of more complex video games including shooting games, handball and Ping Pong. Ultimately leading to the Magnavox Odyssey TV game system in 1972.

Baer passed away on December 8, 2014.

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  • The Millionaire Calculating Machine
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April 24, 1984: Apple IIc Introduced

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Apple IIc

1984 – Apple introduces the Apple IIc, their answer to a portable machine. It weighed 7 1/2 lbs and featured a 1.023MHz CPU and 128 KB RAM. $1,295. The device device had a built-in floppy and peripheral expansion ports. This was a closed system – no expansion slots to plug in cards. It was deemed an appliance computer, which meant was ready to go when you pulled it out of the box.

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  • IBM PC first announced (but wouldn’t be released until Aug 12th)
  • Amiga 3000 announced
  • Cnet / Yahoo deal
  • Google Drive is released
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February 22, 1999: AMD K6-III Sharptooth Processor

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1999 – AMD releases the AMD K6-III Processor in speeds of 400 and 450 MHz. It would feature a 64KB Level 1 cache and a 256KB Level 2 cache. The 3DNow! graphics instructions would be supported, along with Direct X 6.0. There were 21.3 million transistors on the 0.25 micron process wafer.

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  • Palm introduces the Palm IIIc and Palm IIIxe
  • Popcorn is introduced to the Pilgrims by Quadequina
  • Gawker puts Defamer up for sale
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June 6, 2005: Apple Switches to Intel

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June 6, 2011 Steve Jobs gave his last keynote for Apple

2005 – Steve Jobs spoke in front of the masses at the WWDC announcing that Apple will switch their processors from PowerPC to Intel. He then showed off the Mac OS X running on aPentium 4 CPU. The reasoning was that PowerPC chips took too much power to run and also ran hotter than an Intel chip.

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  • TI 99/8 is introduced
  • The first Internet connection
  • Palm releases the Palm Pre
Fox and Hound 2-player game

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May 7, 1967: Ralph Baer Plays First Two-Player Game: Fox and Hounds

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Fox and Hound 2-player game
Fox and Hound 2-player game

1967 – Video game developer Ralph Baer plays the first two-player video game. Fox and Hounds was a game where the fox (a red dot) was chased by the hounds (white dots). The controller were two knobs –  horizontal and vertical. You would see how long you could avoid the hounds.

From his own website: 7 May 1967 – Played first two-player video game (I lost!)

This was part of a series of more complex video games including shooting games, handball and Ping Pong. Ultimately leading to the Magnavox Odyssey TV game system in 1972.

Baer passed away on December 8, 2014.

Full Day in Tech History podcast show notes for May 7

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  • The Millionaire Calculating Machine
  • Telstar II Satellite is launched
  • Microsoft lays off 3,000
  • Syria cuts off Internet and phones for 24 hours
Apple IIc

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April 24, 1984: Apple IIc Introduced

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Apple IIc
Apple IIc

1984 – Apple introduces the Apple IIc, their answer to a portable machine. It weighed 7 1/2 lbs and featured a 1.023MHz CPU and 128 KB RAM. $1,295. The device device had a built-in floppy and peripheral expansion ports. This was a closed system – no expansion slots to plug in cards. It was deemed an appliance computer, which meant was ready to go when you pulled it out of the box.

Full Day in Tech History podcast show notes for April 24

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Other Events in the Day in Technology History

  • IBM PC first announced (but wouldn’t be released until Aug 12th)
  • Amiga 3000 announced
  • Cnet / Yahoo deal
  • Google Drive is released
AMD

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February 22, 1999: AMD K6-III Sharptooth Processor

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February 22, 1999 – AMD released K6-III

1999 – AMD releases the AMD K6-III Processor in speeds of 400 and 450 MHz. It would feature a 64KB Level 1 cache and a 256KB Level 2 cache. The 3DNow! graphics instructions would be supported, along with Direct X 6.0. There were 21.3 million transistors on the 0.25 micron process wafer.

Wikazine – Full show notes for February 22

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  • Palm introduces the Palm IIIc and Palm IIIxe
  • Popcorn is introduced to the Pilgrims by Quadequina
  • Gawker puts Defamer up for sale
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