IBM PC launched
1981 · Event
IBM introduces the personal computer based on Intel 8088 and MS-DOS; sets industry standard; "PC compatible" emerges.
On these timelines: Science & Technology, Master, USA, The Digital Revolution
More from Science & Technology
- Isaac Newton (1643)
- De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (1543)
- Edison's incandescent light bulb (1879)
- Bell patents the telephone (1876)
- Invention of the transistor (1947)
- Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials (1829)
- The Space Race (1957)
- Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction (1831)
Around 1981
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Chernobyl disaster (1986)
- Yugoslav Wars (1991)
- Invention of the World Wide Web (1989)
- Gulf War (1990)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Dissolution of the Soviet Union (1991)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- (Everything I Do) I Do It for You (Bryan Adams) (1991)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)