1952 – Dummer Proposes Integrated Circuit Concept
G. W. A. Dummer, an English electrical engineer, foresees the fabrication of all electronic components of a circuit or system in a single block of semiconductor material. Several special-function devices were developed at Bell Labs and RCA before Jack Kilby at TI demonstrated a general-purpose concept “integrated circuit” in 1958.
1961 - First NASA astronaut Alan Shepard piloted the Freedom 7 Mercury capsule on its 15-minute 28-second suborbital flight.
1992 – Wolfenstein 3D Blasts Onto Scene
Id Software Inc. releases the game Wolfenstein 3S, the original first person shooter game for DOS computers. The game becomes an instant success, putting id Software on the map and launching the first person shooter genre. If you’re curious, you can play the game today on an iPod Touch, iPhone, or iPad.
1999 – Windows 98 SE (Second Edition)
In an effort to fix some minor issues, improve USB support and upgrade Internet Explorer, Microsoft launched Windows 98 SE (Second Edition). The upgrade version also improved WDM audio and modem support, shell updated and Web Folders (WebDAV). This was the last release of the 9x series.
Windows 98 SE officially retired on July 11, 2006.
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