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     1985 to 1989

This page highlights ICT industry developments from 1985 to 1989.

It covers -

• 1985
• 1986
• 1987
• 1988
• 1989

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

    1985

• Microsoft's Windows 1

    1986

    1987

• Microsoft's Windows 2.0
• Columbia Data Products licenses Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) to Western Digital

     1988

• Darwin Deason founds Affiliated Computer
• Logica buys Data Architects

    1989

   next page (1990 to 1994)