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APRIL 23, 2022

The time was right because of the imminence of three hardware developments: the first low-cost, bit-mapped personal computer, the first low-cost laser printer, and a decline in price of high-density memory chips. Other page description languages are optimized for one of these purposes, not both.) What’s NeXT?

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NOVEMBER 20, 2022

In 1984, the low-cost Macintosh from Apple Computer Inc., The Mac’s success during the 1980s spurred Apple Computer to pursue legal action over ownership of many features of the graphical user interface. Cupertino, Calif., brought the friendly interface to thousands of personal computer users. Santa Monica, Calif.,

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OCTOBER 8, 2022

Busicom had hired Intel to develop a set of custom chips for a low-cost calculator and had sent three engineers to Santa Clara to work on the chip designs. In May 1971 an article in Datamation magazine mentioned the product, and the following November Intel produced its first ad for the 4004 CPU and placed it in Electronic News.

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