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The First Fifty Years of Business Computing Timeline - ' 1980s '
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1980s

In Technology: The Networked PC
In Business: Wall Street Triumphant

MSOPS $.005
DOW 875.90

1980	Total computers worldwide exceed 5 million
1981	IBM introduces the first PC
1982	Microsoft licenses MS-DOS to manufacturers
1984	Apple introduces the Macintosh William Gibson introduces the term "cyberspace" in his novel Neuromancer Michael Dell founds Dell Computer
1985	Microsoft ships Windows 1.0
1986	Burroughs and Sperry merge to form Unisys Corp. Compaq introduces the first Intel 80386-based PC
1988	Apollo, Ardent and Stellar announce the first graphics supercomputers
1989	Intel announces the 80486 processor Ray Ozzie creates Lotus Notes Compaq releases the first battery-powered, fully functional notebook computer

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