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The 1970s was also the beginning of the video game era. Atari established itself as the dominant force in home video gaming, first with its home version of the arcade game Pong and later in the decade with the Atari 2600 console (originally called the "VCS", or Video Computer System). By 1979, the scene was set for the Golden Age of Arcade Games.
Pages in category "1970s in technology" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... Timeline of computing 1950–1979; V. Videotape format war
'Monstrous moonshine': John Conway and Simon P. Norton prove there is a connection between the Monster group M and the j-function in number theory. [1]The first modern Sudoku, known as Number Place, appears in Dell Pencil Puzzles and Word Games (United States), devised by Howard Garns.
1979: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) launched the first cellular network in Japan. [ 511 ] 1979: Public dialup information, messaging and e-commerce services, were pioneered through CompuServe and RadioShack 's MicroNET, and the UK's Post Office Telecommunications Prestel services.
In the late 1970s, the VCR formats were superseded altogether by Video 2000 (also known as 'Video Compact Cassette' or VCC). Due to the similar initialisms, and the fact that both were designed by Philips, the 'VCC' and 'VCR' formats are often confused. However, the two systems are incompatible, and there are significant differences between them.
The Whole Earth movement of the 1960s advocated the use of new technology. [25] In the 1970s, the home computer was introduced, [26] time-sharing computers, [27] the video game console, the first coin-op video games, [28] [29] and the golden age of arcade video games began with Space Invaders.
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In 1979, Atari's Asteroids would prove to be incredibly popular. 1979: US Programming language Ada introduced by Jean Ichbiah and team at Honeywell for the US Department of Defense. 1 Jun 1979: US Introduction of the Intel 8088, compatible with the 8086 with an 8-bit data bus – but this makes it cheaper to implement in computers.