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The Rings of Neptune were first discovered in 1984. The Voyager 2 spacecraft provided images of them in 1989.; 4769 Castalia was discovered in 1989. It became the first asteroid to be viewed through radar imaging.
Notable home computers released in North America of the era are the Apple II, the TRS-80, the Commodore PET, and Atari 400/800 and the NEC PC-8001 in Japan. The availability of affordable personal computers led to the first popular wave of internetworking with the first bulletin board systems.
The timeline of historic inventions is a chronological list of particularly important or significant ... 70 kya – 60 kya in Sibudu ... Bread in Jordan [80] [81] 12 ...
It’s one of many historical inventions that were way ahead of time. ... Vitruvius attributed the invention of central heating to Sergiu Orata in 80 BC. The practice remained in use up through ...
In May 1981, William A. Brastad was awarded a patent for a product he invented three years earlier. His invention, the microwave popcorn bag, incorporated kernels, butter, and spices in a folded ...
Obsolete technology Replacement Still used for Bathing machine: No longer required due to changing social standards of morality Hourglass: Clock: Tasks where a fixed amount of time can be measured with a low-tech solution: Exposure time tracker in saunas (where electronics might be damaged by the heat or ultraviolet light); retro kitchen timers, board games, other short-term timers.
2. Bulky Home Stereo Systems. Stereo systems and towers were to the ‘80s what record players were to the ’60s and ’70s. That is, they were a living room fixture perfect for entertaining ...
The first 4 models were released on this date. The PS/2 Model 30 based on an 8086 processor and an old XT bus, Models 50 and 60 based on the 80286 processor and the Model 80 based on the 80386 processor. These used the 3½" floppy disks, storing 1.44 MB on each (although the Model 30 could only use the low 720KB density). These systems (except ...