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Tech Boom - The Eighties
Tech Boom - The Eighties
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a review of technological innovations of the 1980s.
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The copier company that created the mouse, overlapping windows and fonts
Texas Instruments
Apple
Xerox
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Before WiFi, your computer had to dial-up to the Internet by means of a
CD-ROM
Modem
Jump Drive
3
The video game craze that started the popularity of arcades and Atari home systems
Frogger
Pac Man
Asteroid
4
The 1st reusable space ship that was completely controlled by computer
space shuttle
rocket
space capsule
5
The invention that "smashed the limitations of time" by allowing you to record TV
Sony Walkman
DVR
VCR
6
The first personal computer which used a mouse created by Apple in 1984
Macintosh
Commodore 64
IBM
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The Supreme Court voted __________ that use of the VCR was legal and violates no copyright laws
7 to 2
8 to 1
5 to 4
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The Harvard drop-out who founded Microsoft
Bill Gates
Steve Wozniak
Steve Jobs
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The portable device that was able to record home movies on VCR tapes
Digital Recorder
Digital camera
Camcorder
10
Southern San Francisco Bay Area which serves as a global center for high tech and social media
Rose Valley
Death Valley
Silicon Valley
11
The most successful computer company that introduced the 1st "user-friendly" personal computer
Apple
Texas Instruments
IBM
12
Car device that allowed you to talk to people by tying into different radio transmitters
cell phone
bluetooth receiver
walkie talkie
13
The most powerful, large machine computer company in the 1980s
IBM
Texas Instruments
Apple
14
The devastating explosion that claimed the lives of seven astronauts, including the 1st teacher
Challenger
Apollo
Discovery
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The innovation that played cassette tapes, used headphones, and could be clipped on your belt
IPod Nano
Sony Walkman
Boom box