Hewie Poplock

info@hewie.net

http://hewie.net

Saturday January 28, 2017

1983 Pricing

1987 Pricing

Date Version Primary developer Notable introduction IBM hardware

8/1/1980 86-DOS 0.10 Tim Paterson First Seattle Computer release

8/1/1981 PC DOS 1.0 Microsoft First IBM release IBM Personal Computer

5/1/1982 PC DOS 1.1 Microsoft Double-sided disks Upgraded IBM Personal Computer

3/1/1983 PC DOS 2.0 Microsoft Hard disk drive, directories, device drivers IBM Personal Computer XT

11/1/1983 PC DOS 2.1 Microsoft Half-height disk drives, ROM cartridges IBM PCjr

8/1/1984 PC DOS 3.0 Microsoft Support for larger disks IBM Personal Computer/AT

4/1/1985 PC DOS 3.1 Microsoft Local area networking support IBM PC Network

3/1/1986 PC DOS 3.2 Microsoft 3 1/2-inch 720 KB floppy support Token Ring network - IBM PC Convertible

4/1/1987 PC DOS 3.3 IBM 3 1⁄2-inch 1.44 MB floppy support, extended partitions IBM Personal System/2

11/1/1987 MS-DOS 3.31 Compaq Hard disk partitions over 32 MB

5/1/1988 DR-DOS 3.31 Digital Research ROMable DOS

7/1/1988 IBM DOS 4.0 IBM DOS Shell, EMS 4.0 usage

4/1/1990 DR-DOS 5.0 Digital Research Memory management

6/1/1991 MS-DOS 5.0 Microsoft MS-DOS Editor, QBasic, first retail upgrade

9/1/1991 DR-DOS 6.0 Digital Research Disk compression (AddStor's SuperStor)

3/1/1993 MS-DOS 6.0 Microsoft Disk utilities, DoubleSpace disk compression

6/1/1993 PC DOS 6.1 IBM First IBM release after split with Microsoft, E

9/1/1993 MS-DOS 6.2 Microsoft Improved version of DoubleSpace

2/1/1994 MS-DOS 6.21 Microsoft DoubleSpace removed due to legal injunction

4/1/1994 PC DOS 6.3 IBM SuperStor/DS disk compression

6/1/1994 MS-DOS 6.22 Microsoft Last Microsoft release; DriveSpace disk compression

4/1/1995 PC DOS 7.0 IBM Memory optimizations, Stacker disk compression, Rexx

DOS Version History

Name Release Date

Windows 10 7/29/2015

Windows 8.1 10/17/2013

Windows 8 10/26/2012

Windows 7 10/22/2009

Windows Vista 1/30/2007

Windows XP Professional x64 4/25/2005

Windows XP 10/25/2001

Windows ME 9/14/2000

Windows 2000 2/17/2000

Windows 98 6/25/1998

Windows NT 4.0 8/24/1996

Windows 95 8/24/1995

Windows NT 3.51 5/30/1995

Windows NT 3.5 9/21/1994

Windows 3.2 11/22/1993

Windows for Workgroups 3.11 11/1/1993

Windows NT 3.1 7/27/1993

Windows 3.1 4/1/1992

Windows 3.0 5/22/1990

Windows 2.11 3/13/1989

Windows 2.10 5/27/1988

Windows 2.03 12/9/1987

Windows 1.04 4/1/1987

Windows 1.03 8/1/1986

Windows 1.02 5/1/1986

Windows 1.01 11/20/1985

Windows Version History

Year Event

1978 In June of 1978 Apple introduces Apple DOS 3.1, the first operating system for the Apple computers.

1984 Apple introduces System 1.

1985 Apple introduces System 2.

1986 Apple introduces System 3.

1987 Apple introduces System 4.

1988 Apple introduces System 6.

1991 Apple introduces System 7 operating system May 13, 1991.

1995Apple allows other computer companies to clone its computer by announcing its licensed the Macintosh

operating system rights to Radius on January 4.

1997 Apple introduces Mac OS 8.

1997 Apple buys NeXT Software Inc. for $400 million and acquires Steve Jobs, Apples cofounder, as a consultant.

1999 Apple introduces Mac OS 9.

1999 Apple releases Mac OS X Server 1.0 on March 16, 1999.

2001 Apple introduces Mac OS X 10.0 code named Cheetah and becomes available March 24, 2001.

2001 Apple introduces Mac OS X 10.1 code named Puma and becomes available on September 25, 2001.

2002 Apple introduces Mac OS X 10.2 code named Jaguar and becomes available on August 23, 2002.

2003 Apple introduces Mac OS X 10.3 code named Panther October 25, 2003.

2004 Apple introduces Mac OS X 10.4 code named Tiger at the WWDC on June 28, 2004.

2007 Apple introduces Mac OS X 10.5 code named Leopard October 26, 2007.

2008 Apple introduces MobileMe at the WWDC on June 9, 2008.

2009 Apple introduces Mac OS X 10.6 code named Snow Leopard at the WWDC on June 8, 2009.

2010 Apple introduces Mac OS X 10.7 code named Lion at the "Back to the Mac" event on October 20, 2010.

2012 Apple releases Mac OS X 10.8 code named Mountain Lion on July 25, 2012.

2013 Apple introduces Mac OS X 10.9 code named Mavericks at the WWDC on June 10, 2013.

2014 Apple introduces Mac OS X 10.10 code named Yosemite at the WWDC on June 2, 2014.

2015 Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan was revealed on June 8, 2015, during the WWDC keynote speech.

2016 Mac OS X 10.12 Sierra was revealed on June 13, 2016, during the WWDC keynote speech.

Apple Operating Systems

iOS Version History

Android OS Version History

Partial list of Linux Distributions

Huge list of Linux Distributions

To put in perspective:

To download a 1 GB (Gigabyte) file

Modem:

300 baud 323+days (1962)

1200 baud 80+ days (1942:55:35) (1976)

28.8 modem 3.4+ days (82:51:01) (1994)

56.6k modem 42:36:31 (1998-2001)

Internet Broadband:

20 mbps 00:07:09

200 mbps 00:00:42

• Virtual Magnifying Glass Portable - A full-featured screen

magnifier

• Notepad++ Portable - A full-featured text editor with syntax

highlighting

• XAMPP - Apache, mySQL, PHP, phpMyAdmin, etc in one

package

• GoldenDict Portable - dictionary and encyclopedia lookups

• Mnemosyne Portable - flashcard memorization tool

• Big Solitaires 3D Portable - collection of 40 solitaire games

• PokerTH Portable - classic Texas Hold Em style poker at its best

• Quick Blackjack Portable (Freeware) - play blackjack against

the

• FotoSketcher Portable (Freeware) - make art from digital

images

• GIMP Portable - Photo and Image Editor

• IrfanView Portable (Freeware) - lightweight graphic viewer

• FileZilla Portable - the full-featured FTP client

• Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition - the award-winning web

browser that's safe and secure

• Opera, Portable Edition (Freeware) - lightweight, customizable

browser

• Skype Portable (Freeware) - instant messaging, video chat and

phone calls

• AIMP Portable (freeware) - Music player, library, converter and

more

• Audacity Portable - A simple audio editor and recorder

• VLC Media Player Portable - An easy to use media player that

plays many formats

• Apache OpenOffice Portable - word processor, spreadsheet,

presentations with Microsoft compatibility

• Foxit Reader Portable (Freeware) - small and fast PDF reader

• LibreOffice Portable - word processor, spreadsheet,

presentations with excellent compatibility

• Eraser Portable - securely delete files and data

• KeePass Password Safe Portable - Secure, easy-to-use

password manager

• Spybot - Search & Destroy Portable (Freeware) - Spyware

detection and removal

• 7-Zip Portable - File archiver and compressor

• CamStudio Portable - screen recorder and video producer

• TeamViewer Portable (Freeware) - remote PC support and

screen-sharing

SOME PORTABLE APPS

This

Afternoon