Year
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Apple
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Other
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1986
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- 01.16: Mac Plus
introduced at $2,599, first Mac with SCSI.
- 01.16: Macintosh System 3.0 introduces disk cache and HFS,
which allows nested folders.
- 01.16: LaserWriter Plus
introduced at $6,798.
- Feb.: Macintosh System 3.1 is buggy.
- 04.14: Mac 512Ke
introduced at $1,999.
- June: Macintosh System 3.2 fixes bugs in 3.1.
- Sept.: Apple IIGS introduced at $999, fastest Apple II at
2.8 MHz, introduced Mac-like GUI.
- Japanese and Arabic versions of Mac OS introduced.
- More in Macintosh History:
1986
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- Steve Jobs founds NeXT.
- SCSI standard accepted by ANSI.
- Compaq ships first 80386-based PC.
- Microsoft goes public.
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1987
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- Jan.: Macintosh System 3.3 prepares Mac OS for networking
and AppleShare.
- 03.02: Mac SE
introduced at $2,898 with two 800 KB floppy drives.
- 03.02: Mac II, first
68020-based Mac , introduced at $3,898 (1 MB RAM, 800 KB floppy) and
$5,498 (w/40 MB internal hard drive).
- 03.02: Macintosh System 4.0 has improved Chooser and
Control Panel.
- 03.17: One-millionth Mac produced.
- AppleShare file server software introduced.
- April: Macintosh System 4.1 supports Mac II, requires 1 MB
RAM to function.
- April: Apple creates an "independent" software company known
as Claris.
- Aug.: HyperCard introduced.
- Oct.: Macintosh System 4.2, a.k.a. System Software 5.0,
introduces background printing, DA Handler, and MultiFinder.
- Nov.: Macintosh System Software 5.1 updates HD SC setup and
LaserWriter drivers.
- More in Macintosh History:
1987
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- IBM and Microsoft release OS/2.
- August 11. Microsoft ships Windows 1.01.
- First fax boards for PCs.
- Sun introduces first RISC CPU.
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1988
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- 30,000,000 MS-DOS users.
- January. Microsoft ships Windows 2.03.
- • Morris Internet Worm
infects 6,000 computers on Internet.
- October. First NeXT released, the NeXT Cube.
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1989
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- 01.19: Mac SE/30
introduced at $4,369, first 68030-based all-in-one Mac.
- 03.07: Mac IIcx
introduced at $5,369.
- March: Two-page and portrait b&w monitors and video cards
introduced in March.
- April: 32-bit QuickDraw introduced.
- 09.20: Mac IIci,
first 32-bit clean Mac, introduced.
- 09.20: Mac Portable
(9/89-10/91), first portable Mac, introduced.
- More in Macintosh History:
1989
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- Fifty-four million personal computers
in US
- Intel ships 80486 CPU.
- September 18. NeXT introduces NeXTstep OS.
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1990
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- May. Microsoft ships Windows 3.0.
- First PCs with 80486 CPU ship.
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