Apple's view of the future from the 1990s. Apple II History » 9–Disk Evolution / The Apple IIc Plus. After Steve Wozniak’s Disk II floppy drive changed the Apple II from a hobbyist toy to a serious home and business computer in the late 1970s, progress was slow in improving disk storage for the Apple II series. In 1978, the year the Disk II was released, Mike Scott (Apple’s president) and Randy Wigginton were asked at a user group meeting whether they were going to go to the larger capacity eight-inch floppy drives (which had been around before the 5.25 floppy drives were invented).
They answered that no, the Apple II was not going in that direction, but felt it might get a hard disk by 1979 or 1980, and possibly earlier than that a double sided, double density 5.25 disk holding 500K per disk. [ ] Of course, this never did happen; as described in Chapter 7 , the Apple III project began to overtake the hearts and minds of Apple executives by 1979, and anything newer, bigger, or better was reserved for that machine.
So what advances did occur in Apple II disk storage? Microsoft Windows 95 Launch Footage. Steve Jobs on Microsoft. Computer ownership up sharply in the 1990s : The Editor’s Desk : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Computer ownership up sharply in the 1990s April 05, 1999 Between 1990 and 1997, the percentage of households owning computers increased from 15 to 35 percent, and the amount spent by the average household on computers and associated hardware more than tripled. The ownership rate and change over the period varied by education and demographic group. [Chart data—TXT] Households with the highest levels of education had the highest levels of computer ownership. Among racial groups, Asians had the highest computer ownership share (49 percent), followed by whites (36 percent) and blacks (18 percent).
These data are a product of the BLS . Spotlight on Statistics: Productivity This edition of Spotlight on Statistics examines labor productivity trends from 2000 through 2010 for selected industries and sectors within the nonfarm business sector of the U.S. economy. Retro Commercial - Radio Shack Cell Phones - 1990. How Mobile Phones have changed from The People History Site. What Happened in the 1990s featuring News, Popular Culture, Prices and Technology. The People History Home - 1990 - 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, - Nineties Home Page Money and Inflation 1990's To provide an estimate of inflation we have given a guide to the value of $100 US Dollars for the first year in the decade to the equivalent in today's money If you have $100 Converted from 1990 to 2005 it would be equivalent to $153.76 today In 1990 a new house cost $123,000.00 and by 1999 was $131,700.00 In 1990 the average income per year was $28,970.00 and by 1999 was $40,810.00 In 1990 a gallon of gas was $1.34 and by 1999 was $1.22 In 1990 the average cost of new car was $16,000.00 and by 1999 was $21,100.00 Example of a home from our Property for sale in the 1990's 1993 Apartment Annapolis Maryland 1 bed 1 bath living room , dining room good views over countryside $83,500 Events 1990's More About Berlin Wall.
Technology and Globalization. Introduction In nearly every corner of the world, from Mumbai to Madrid, one cannot enter a café or walk down the street without seeing someone talking, texting, or surfing the Internet on their cell phones, laptops or tablet PCs.
Information Technology (IT) has become ubiquitous and is changing every aspect of how people live their lives. Recent advances in our ability to communicate and process information in digital form— a series of developments sometimes described as an “IT revolution”—are reshaping the economies and societies of many countries around the world. Information Technology IT is a driving factor in the process of globalization. Products based upon, or enhanced by, information technology are used in nearly every aspect of life in contemporary industrial societies. Twenty years ago, large and bulky mobile telephones were carried only by a small number of users in just a few U.S. cities. How MP3 Was Born. Karlheinz Brandenburg often is cited as the inventor of the music format.
But he credits many for a discovery that has upended the music business Karlheinz Brandenburg doesn't like being labeled the "inventor" of MP3. He points out that the most popular format for digital music on the Internet is the work of at least a half-dozen core developers and many others who made important contributions. Even folk-rock singer Suzanne Vega inadvertently played a walk-on role in the creation of MP3. "I know on whose shoulders I stand and who else contributed a lot," says Brandenburg, now director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology in Ilmenau, Germany. 1990s mp3 player. American History: How Science and Technology Helped Shape '90s (VOA Special English 2007-08-22) Www.manythings.org/voa/history Download MP3 (Right-click or option-click the link.)
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