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By 1960, magnetic core was the dominant memory technology, although there were still some new machines using drums and delay lines during the 1960s. Magnetic thin film and rod memory were used on some second-generation machines, but advances in core technology meant they remained niche players until semiconductor memory displaced both core and ...
The 1970s in science and technology reached its height with the ambitious Voyager Program, which sent the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 uncrewed expeditions to several of the outer planets in the Solar System. The program also included a Voyager Golden Record with the spaceships in hopes of presenting aspects of life on Earth to intelligent alien ...
The Z80 was the processor for home computers like the Tandy TRS-80 of 1977, the Sinclair ZX Spectrum of 1982 and many others. 1976: US MOS Technology introduces the KIM-1 microcomputer system as a demonstrator for its 6502 CPU. 1976: US Cray-1 supercomputer was invented by Seymour Cray. He left Control Data in 1972 to form his own company.
Genode Sculpt VC [70] 2018–10 Windows 10 October 2018 Update Windows Server 2019 iOS 12.1 watchOS 5.1 tvOS12.1 OpenBSD 6.4 Linux 4.19 Ubuntu 18.10 Fedora Linux 29 SerenityOS: 2018–11 ReactOS 0.4.10 2018–12 DragonFly BSD 5.4 FreeBSD 12.0 Linux 4.20 2019–01 2019–02 2019–03 iOS 12.2 watchOS 5.2 tvOS12.2 Linux 5.0 ReactOS 0.4.11 2019–04
The AIDS crisis ran rampant during the '80s. On March 2, 1985, the FDA approved a blood test for the disease. The first test was known as an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay or ELISA test.
Joseph Marie Jacquard created a programmable loom, based on earlier inventions by Basile Bouchon (1725), Jean-Baptiste Falcon (1728) and Jacques Vaucanson (1740). [35] Replaceable punched cards controlled sequences of operations in the process of manufacturing textiles. This may have been the first industrial software for commercial enterprises ...
Says Ives: "60 is not old, 70 is not old. It’s a state of mind." Ives and Stornaielo, 62, are far from the only retirees who begin to feel a loss of self and purpose once they leave the workforce.
Some classic TV shows from the 1970s and '80s are remembered for their stars, costumes, or witty writing. Others, however, had scenes snatched by planes, trains and automobiles. Here are some of ...