1858 – Fingerprinting is First
Used
Sir
William James Herschel was using it for more of a signature than anything in
1858 as he was requiring palm prints from people he met. After collecting
several prints, though, he started realizing there were unique identifiers that
could be used in identifying a person. The Palm prints would eventually change
to fingerprints for Forensics to use.
1981 – IBM introduces their System/23 Datamaster
desktop computer only two weeks before they introduce their IBM PC. Geared towards
small business for use as a word processor and data processor, the computer was
designed to be set up by end-users without the need of a computer specialist. While
now a footnote in history, the importance of the Datamaster is that developed it
were re-assigned to the secret IBM PC project. Much of the knowledge they
acquire working on the Datamaster went into developing the IBM PC was based on
the team’s familiarity with the similar Intel 8085 processor used in the
Datamaster.
1997 – Dell Workstation 400
Introduced
Dell
Computer Corp. announced its entry into the workstation market with the Dell
Workstation 400. The move to the more powerful desktop computers, most commonly
used for engineering, followed Dell’s entry into the network server industry as
it expanded from personal desktop computers and laptops in order to grab a
larger part of the market. Dell offered its workstations for $3,000 to $8,000.
2000 – Ted Kekatos celebrated the First System
Administrator Appreciation Day. He had been inspired by an HP ad showing people
bringing gifts to their System Administrator. The day is celebrated annually on
the last Friday of July.
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