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Intel files a patent application for a "memory system for a multichip digital
computer".
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Design work is completed on the Micral, the first non-kit computer based
on a microprocessor (the Intel 8008). Built in France, the Micral is advertised
in the U.S., but is not successful there.
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The term "microcomputer" first appears in print, in reference to the Micral.
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(late) Gary Kildall writes a simple operating system in his PL/M language.
He calls it CP/M (Control Program/Monitor).
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Michael Cowpland and Terence Matthews found Mitel, in Canada.
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Stephen Wozniak joins Hewlett-Packard.
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Gary Kildall creates PL/M for the Intel 8008, based on PL/I.
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IBM develops a cheap disk and drive.
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IBM introduces the IBM 3340 hard disk unit, known as the Winchester, IBM's
internal development code name. The recording head rides on a layer of air
18 millionths of an inch thick.
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David Ahl protests Digital Equipment cutbacks of educational products, and
is fired. He is soon rehired.
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Gary Kildall begins consulting work at Intel.
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Scelbi Computer Consulting Company offers the first computer kit in the U.S.
using a microprocessor, the Intel 8008-based Scelbi-8H, for US$565, with
1KB programmable memory. An additional 15KB is available for US$2760.
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Bob Metcalfe invents the Ethernet connectivity system.
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The Alto workstation computer is built at Xerox' Palo Alto Research Center.
It uses the advanced Smalltalk language, a mouse input device, and the Ethernet
technique of linking Alto computers to each other. Less than 2000 are built
in total.
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