| 1982 |
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Mouse Systems introduces the first commercial mouse for the IBM PC. VisiCorp announces the VisiOn graphical user interface. Overlapped windows Xerox PARC(approx). Tiled windows Xerox PARC.(approx) Icons David Smith(SDD)@Xerox(approx) Scroll bars, push buttons, radio buttons, check boxes, cut/copy/paste with a mouse - Xerox PARC(approx). |
| 1983 |
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Microsoft formally announces Microsoft Windows. Apple unveils the new Macintosh to the press. |
| 1984 |
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Silicon Graphics begins shipping its first 3-D graphics workstations. MIT begins developing the X-Window system. |
| 1986 |
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The Small Computer System Interface standard is finalized as ANSI. |
| 1989 |
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Creative Labs introduces the Sound Blaster. |
| 1991 |
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Microsoft and others announce the Multimedia PC (MPC) standard. |
| 1994 |
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Mosaic Communications releases Netscape Navigator 1.0, a world-wide web browser. |
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