Interactive Media Blog: 1980s Media

Interactive media usage became more advanced in the 1980s. In 1980, the Domestic Camcorders and Fax Machines became available in Japan. The arcade game Pac-Man was released. CNN became the first 24 hour news station. Digital Equipment Corporation, Intel and Xerox introduce the DIX standard for Ethernet. In 1981, IBM in US launches it's first PC which uses Microsoft Software MS DOS. The term Internet was first mentioned. MS-DOS was released by Microsoft. http://www.operating-system.org/betriebssystem/_english/bs-msdos.htm In 1982, The Weather Channel aired on cable television for the first time. Times man of the year is claimed to be the computer. In 1983, ARPANET officially changes to use the Internet Protocol, creating Internet. Lotus 1-2-3 is released. http://www-01.ibm.com/software/lotus/products/123/ IBM released the IBM PC XT. Microsoft Word is first released. In 1984, AT&T was broken up. The first Apple Macintosh went on sale. Sony makes the first 3 1/2" computer disk. In 1985, The first .Com domain name, symbolics.com, is registered by the Symbolics corporation. However, .edu domains, for educational institutions, still predominate over the commercial .com domains. Microsoft Corporation released the first version of Windows, Windows 1.0. In 1986, IBM unveiled the PC Convertible, the first laptop computer. Internet Mail Access Protocol defined for e-mail transfer. The 386 series of microprocessor was introduced by Intel. In 1987, Clive Sinclair launched the Z88 Portable Computer that weighed under 2 pounds. http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/175 In 1988, The first transatlantic fibre optic cable was able to carry 40,000 telephone calls simultaneously. The first major computer virus infects computers connected to the Internet. In 1989, Nintendo began selling the Game Boy in Japan. The 486 series of microprocessor is introduced by Intel. Microsoft Office was first released. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Office