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Windows 98 SE

Day in Tech History/ Microsoft

May 5, 1999: Windows 98 SE (Second Edition)

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Windows 98 SE
Windows 98 SE

1999 – In an effort to fix some minor issues, improve USB support and upgrade Internet Explorer, Microsoft launched Windows 98 SE (Second Edition). The upgrade version also improved WDM audio and modem support, shell updates and Web Folders (WebDAV). This was the last release of the 9x series.

Windows 98 SE were officially retired on July 11, 2006.

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RCA Selectavision CED

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March 22, 1981: RCA Selectavision Videodisc

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RCA Selectavision CED
RCA Selectavision CED

1981 – The first vinyl video record, a.k.a. the videodisc, hit stores in the U.S. The “Capacitance Electronic Disc” looked just like any other vinyl record protected in a plastic caddy and held 60 minutes of NTSC video. That is approximately 27,000 frames per second.

However, the CED players did not make the impact RCA had hoped. Only 100,000 were sold by the end of the year. The “BetaMax vs. VHS” war was in full swing and the tapes were considerably smaller than the discs. Laserdisc was also available to the public, which led to a lot of confusion of formats.

The RCA Selectavision was retired in 1984 with the last discs released in 1986

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February 18, 1979: Sahara Desert Gets Snow

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February 17, 1979: It snows in the Saraha

1979 – for the first and only time in recorded history, it snowed in the Sahara Desert. It was in Southern Algeria and the storm only lasted a half hour. The snow melted off quickly.

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Paul Allen

Day in Tech History/ Microsoft

February 18, 1983: Paul Allen Resigns from Microsoft

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Paul Allen

1983 – From Paul Allen’s interview in 2011:

“I heard Bill and Steve speaking heatedly in Bill’s office and paused outside to listen in. It was easy to get the gist of the conversation. They were bemoaning my recent lack of production and discussing how they might dilute my Microsoft equity by issuing options to themselves and other shareholders. Unable to stand it any longer, I burst in on them and shouted, ‘This is unbelievable! It shows your true character, once and for all!!’ “

Allen had just been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease. After eavesdropping on that conversation he decided to leave Microsoft. Gates also tried to get his stake in the company back at $5 a share (which was low), but Allen chose to keep his shares.

Gates did send a 6-page apology letter.

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Pac Man

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May 22, 1980: First Pac-Man Video Game Installed

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May 22, 1980: Pac Man was installed in a movie theater in Tokyo.

1980 – The first Pac-Man machine was installed. Namco installed the first Pac-Man machine in a movie theater in Tokyo. Created by Toru Iwatani, the game has been one of the most popular in Arcades around the world.  Of course, Pac-Man was one of the most popular games in history and created many spin-offs including Ms. Pac-Man. Pac-Man was released in North America October of that year.

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Chris Lamprect

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May 5, 1995: First Person Banned from Internet

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May 5, 1995: Chris Lamprect was the first banned from the Internet

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1995 – Most people didn’t even really know what the internet was at this point, but Chris Lamprecht did – And he got banned for life from using it. Funny thing is, he didn’t do a crime on the internet. He sold stolen circuit boards belonging to Southwest Bell. He would be banned from the Internet until 2003 (which he got out of in 2002). Lamprecht did write a program called ToneLoc. The movie War Games used this program as a basis to the movie.

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Intel Pentium Processor

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March 22, 1993: First Pentium Processor Shipped

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Intel Pentium Processor
March 22, 1993: Intel Pentium Processor ships

1993 – The first Pentium processors get shipped out. The 80586, invented y Vinod Dahm, ran at 60 and 66 MHz clock speeds. 3.1 million transistors and 4 GB of addressable memory. It was fabricated in a 0.8 µm BiCMOS process. It was replaced by the P54C.

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  • The Vinyl version of the DVD – the CED – was patented
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