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Ralph Baer

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January 15, 1968: Ralph Baer Patents First Video Game

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Ralph Baer
Ralph Baer

1968 – Ralph Baer applies for a patent on a TV game system he designed. This, of course, sparks the Video Game age and Ralph becomes the inventor and Pioneer of the field. In 2006, he was honored with a National Medal of Technology for the advancement.

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Jack Tramiel

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January 13,1984: Jack Tramiel resigns from Commodore

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Jack Tramiel
Jack Tramiel

1984 – Two days after the announcement of the 264 and 364 computers, CEO Jack Tramiel resigned from Commodore. There was a lot of battling within the board of directors. 6 months after Tramiel left, he started another company called “Trammel” and hired away a few of the key Commodore employees. The company was one of those that bought – then sold – Atari.

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HP-35 Scientific Calculator

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January 4, 1972: HP-35 Scientific Calculator

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HP-35 Scientific Calculator
HP-35 Scientific Calculator

1972 – HP introduces the HP-35 – which was the first handheld scientific calculator. It was named after the fact it had 35 buttons. The unit weighed 9 oz and cost $395. However, this would ultimately be dubbed “The slide-rule killer”

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Arpanet

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January 1, 1983: ARPANET Switches TCP/IP

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Arpanet
Arpanet

1983 – It was an order by the U.S. Under Secretary of Defense, Richard DeLauer. The ARPANET was to have finished a conversion from the Network Control Protocol it was on, to Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol. Otherwise known as TCP/IP.The transistion went smooth, and everyone got a button for their hard work stating “I survived the TCP/IP transition”.

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