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Compaq 1982 - Silicon Cowboys

Michael Dell 1985

1962. IBM A Tradition Of Client Service

Paul Allen and Bill Gates. Microsoft Acquires 86-DOS IBM a 16-bit OS. 1981 Acquired for: $75,000.

Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. In August 6, 1997, Bill Gates announced that Microsoft would invest $150 million to Apple.

Bill Hewlett (left) with Dave Packard Operate the HP 9100A Desktop Calculator.

Daiwa Kogyo Ltd. (later Seiko) - the company went on to become the official timekeeper for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, recording and printing athletes' results

1981 IBM PCD introduces its first personal computer, the IBM PC.(IBM 5150) Price $1,600

The HP LaserJet was the first desktop laser printer, introduced in 1984 at about $3,500.

1971. IBM introduces floppy-disk magnetic storage, so named because of its flexibility.

1976 HP's advertising poster showing a NASA astronaut using an HP-65. The world's first magnetic-card-storage, handheld calculator.

Samsung Electronics reached the landmark production of 5 million TVs in December, 1978

Dave Packard, Bill Hewlett with Bill Gates

HP buys Compaq ($33.6 bn, 2001)

LEAD Technologies Inc. V1.01

LEAD Technologies Inc. V1.01

LEAD Technologies Inc. V1.01

LEAD Technologies Inc. V1.01