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1980:
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Sony Walkman tape player starts a fad.
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1980:
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In France, a holographic film shows a gull flying.
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1980:
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Phototypesetting can be done by laser.
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1980:
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Intelsat V relays 12,000 phone calls, 2 color TV channels.
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1980:
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Public international electronic fax service, Intelpost, begins.
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1980:
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Atlanta gets first fiber optics system.
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1980:
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CNN 24-hour news channel.
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1980:
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Addressable converters pinpoint individual homes.
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1981:
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450,000 transistors fit on a silicon chip 1/4-inch square.
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1981:
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Hologram technology improves, now in video games.
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1981:
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The IBM PC.
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1981:
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The laptop computer is introduced.
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1981:
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The first mouse pointing device.
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1982:
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From Japan, a camera with electronic picture storage, no film.
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1982:
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USA Today type set in regional plants by satellite command.
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1982:
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Kodak camera uses film on a disc cassette.
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1983:
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Cellular phone network starts in U.S.
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1983:
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Lasers and plastics improve newspaper production.
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1983:
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Computer chip holds 288,000 bits of memory.
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1983:
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Time names the computer as "Man of the Year."
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1983:
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ZIP + 4, expanded 9-digit ZIP code is introduced.
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1983:
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AT&T forced to break up; 7 Baby Bells are born.
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1983:
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American videotext service starts; fails in three years.
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1984:
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Trucks used for SNG transmission.
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1984:
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Experimental machine can translate Japanese into English.
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1984:
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Portable compact disc player arrives.
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1984:
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National Geographic puts a hologram on its cover.
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1984:
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A television set can be worn on the wrist.
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1984:
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Japanese introduce high quality facsimile.
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1984:
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Camera and tape deck combine in the camcorder.
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1984:
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Apple Macintosh, IBM PC AT.
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1984:
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The 32-bit microprocessor.
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1984:
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The one-megabyte memory chip.
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1984:
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Conus relays news feeds for stations on Ku-Band satellites.
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1985:
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Digital image processing for editing stills bit by bit.
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1985:
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CD-ROM can put 270,000 papers of text on a CD record.
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1985:
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Cellular telephones go into cars.
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1985:
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Synthetic text-to-speech computer pronounces 20,000 words.
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1985:
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Picture, broken into dots, can be transmitted and recreated.
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1985:
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U.S. TV networks begin satellite distribution to affiliates.
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1985:
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At Expo, a Sony TV screen measures 40x25 meters.
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1985:
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Sony builds a radio the size of a credit card.
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1985:
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In Japan, 3-D television; no spectacles needed.
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1985:
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Pay-per-view channels open for business.
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1986:
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HBO scrambles its signals.
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1986:
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Cable shopping networks.
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1987:
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Half of all U.S. homes with TV are on cable.
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1987:
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Government deregulates cable industry.
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1988:
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Government brochure mailed to 107 million addresses.
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1989:
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Tiananmen Square demonstrates power of media to inform the
world.
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1989:
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Pacific Link fiber optic cable opens, can carry 40,000 phone
calls.
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