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October 18, 1931: Passing of Thomas Alva Edison

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A lot happened on this day that Thomas Edison was responsible for. In 1878, Edison brought electricity into the home. 1879 Edison manufacturers the first incandescent light bulb, which was tested on October 22nd. Two major leaps in the technology ago.

But it was on October 18, 1931, Edison died of complications to diabetes in New Jersey. His last breath was captured in a test tube, which is on display at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI.

1985– The Nintendo Entertainment System, along with the Robotic Operating Buddy (R.O.B.) and the Zapper light gun are released in New York. Eighteen games were available, two of which came bundled with the system: Duck Hunt and Super Mario Brothers.

The NES was a step up to it’s predecessor – the Famicon Disk system (which looks like a Steampunk version of the NES). Differences included 60-pin cartridges (famicon had 72-pin), case design and extra peripherals, like a 3.5 inch floppy drive.

Nintendo Favicon Family Computer with HVC-022 floppy disk drive

I remember riding my bike to the bank (there was no on-line banking in 85) – which actually was 35 miles away from my house – to get the money and buy this system. It was well worth it. My favorite game to date is still Tetris.

The NES system cost $125. Worldwide release would be in Feb 1986.Now You’re Playing With Power!

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May 6, 2004: Paint.Net Graphics Editor Released

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Paint.Net

2004 – A free raster graphics editor, Paint.NET was created and released by Rick Brewster as a school project at Washington State University. The software was released under the MIT License and was at first Open Source. After multiple cases of plagiarism, the software moved to Creative Commons, then in version 3.36 was turned to closed-source (but still free).

The latest version of Paint.Net 4.0 uses NET framework 4.5.1.

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March 8, 2000: Apple Settles with Daewoo, eMachines over iMac Look

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2000 – Apple concluded their iMac trade dress infringement against Daewoo and eMachines. The two companies made machines too similar to the iconic iMac look – the eMachines eOne computer and the Daewoo E-Power.

Apple was granted an injunction for the two machines. Daewoo didn’t even get their unibody computer form out to the public. eMachines took out all color, making it a single grey computer, which allowed them to continue with sales.

Apple changed the look of the iMac with the introduction of a flat panel in the iMac G4, ultimately discontinuing the G3 CRT computer in March of 2003.

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October 18, 1931: Thomas Alva Edison Passes

Jeffrey Powers @geekazine aggregator, apple performa, case design, day in tech history, duck hunt, favorite game, floppy drive, games, light gun, money, NES, nes system, nintendo entertainment system, performa 6360, pin case, Podcast, predecessor, riding my bike, several points, super mario brothers, technology history, thomas edisons, vidalinux, worldwide release 0 Comments October 18, 2018

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But it was on October 18, 1931, Edison died of complications to diabetes in New Jersey. His last breath was captured in a test tube, which is on display at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI.

The NES system cost $125. Worldwide release would be in Feb 1986.Now You’re Playing With Power!

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Several points in Thomas Edisons’ history
Apple Performa 6360
VidaLinux

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May 6, 2004: Paint.Net Graphics Editor

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Paint.Net

The latest version of Paint.Net 4.0 uses NET framework 4.5.1.

Full Day in Tech History podcast show notes for May 6

The Sierra Network is announced
Paint.NET v.1 is released
Sprint, Nextel and Clearwire announce WiMAX under the Clearwire name

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March 8, 2000: Apple Settles with Daewoo, eMachines over iMac Look

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Apple changed the look of the iMac with the introduction of a flat panel in the iMac G4, ultimately discontinuing the G3 CRT computer in March of 2003.

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Sierra and Broderbund announce the merge to Sierra-Broderbund
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May 6, 1998: iMac G3 Introduced

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1998 – Steve Jobs, just fresh out of his return to Apple, announces one of the many changes in the Mac line. The iMac G3 computer. The iMac was the first computer to offer USB ports as a standard. The “All in one” computer had a front loading CD drive – but no floppy drive, built in speakers and came in 13 different colors. The iMac mouse was a disc shaped device with one button. A standard Mac keyboard was also included.

The G3 came with a Power PC 233 to 333 MHz. The L2 cache could run at 512 or 1MB and came loaded with Mac OS 8.1. The price was given of $1,299 and Jobs expected this computer to be out within 90 days, although it didn’t officially start shipping until August 15th.

The G3 was discontinued on March 18, 2003.

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The Sierra Network is announced
Paint.NET v.1 is released
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March 8, 1983: IBM Announced IBM PC XT

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1983 -IBM announces the IBM Personal Computer XT (eXtended Technology). It features a Intel 8088 processor, 10MB hard drive, 128 kB RAM, 40Kb ROM and double-sided 360 kB floppy drive. For $4995, it’s all yours. The machine was also called IBM Machine Type number 5160.The XT could support up to 256 kb on the motherboard. You could get expansion cards to raise to 640 kb. The 8088 processor ran at 4.77 MHz. It weighed 32 lbs (desktop only) and was 19.5 inches wide by 16 inches deep and 5.5 inches high.

The IBM PC XT was the successor to the IBM PC. It was developed until April 1987.

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