4Runninfun
September 25th, 2008, 02:11 PM
I was watching the history channel the other day and they had on 80's tech. So being the huge nerd that i am i had to watch it. And i thought i'd share with you a few things that i found particularly interesting...
Waz, the co-founder of Apple computers, started Ozz-fest as a music and tech. expo.
the first GUI based computer was the Apple Lisa but due to high production cost it was not marketable.
pac-man was inspired from a pizza with a missing slice.
by '81 over 100,000 arcade pac-mans' had been sold:eek:
atari didn't code their games, so anyone could make them. thus they eventually lost control of quality control and direction of their product, thus they eventually went out.
The booming adult entertainment industry of the 80's choose to use the VHS over the higher quality beta-max. This surge in popularity is what led the VHS to triumph.:lol:
The DMC-12 or the DeLorean has stainless steel body panels. :thunb:
Waz, the co-founder of Apple computers, started Ozz-fest as a music and tech. expo.
the first GUI based computer was the Apple Lisa but due to high production cost it was not marketable.
pac-man was inspired from a pizza with a missing slice.
by '81 over 100,000 arcade pac-mans' had been sold:eek:
atari didn't code their games, so anyone could make them. thus they eventually lost control of quality control and direction of their product, thus they eventually went out.
The booming adult entertainment industry of the 80's choose to use the VHS over the higher quality beta-max. This surge in popularity is what led the VHS to triumph.:lol:
The DMC-12 or the DeLorean has stainless steel body panels. :thunb: