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     1970 to 1979

This page highlights ICT industry developments from 1970 to 1979.

It covers -

• 1970
• 1972
• 1974
• 1976
• 1978

Context is provided by the broader media and communications timeline elsewhere on this site.

     1970

• Busicom 141-PF printing desktop calculator
• Canon and Texas Instruuments Pocketronic programmable calculator

    1971

• Bowmar 901B calculator - first true pocket calculator with LED display

    1972

• Commodore Minuteman 1 pocket calculator
• Hewlett Packard HP-35 scientific calculator
• Bushnell's Pong

    1973

• Texas Instruments SR-50 'slide rule calculator'

    1974

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    1975

• Aristo, Denner & Pape ceases slide rule manufacture
• Atari's Home Pong

    1976

• Columbia Data Products founded
• Fairchild Camera & Instrument launches Channel F game system

     1977

• launch of Apple II
• launch of Commodore PET
• launch of Tandy TRS-80

     1978

• Rubinstein founds MicroPro and launches WordMaster

     1979

• commercial launch of VisiCalc
• MicrPro launches WordStar
• Milton Bradley Microvision game device

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