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October 2
Video Games
1991: Apple Computer, Motorola, and IBM officially sign an accord on technology sharing. Apple and IBM will jointly develop the PowerOpen Specification, based on IBM's AIX operating system. The Taligent company will be established to develop an operating system based on Apple Computer's project Pink.
1991: Electronic Arts, Time Warner, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers announce a joint venture for creating multimedia products. The new company is called San Mateo Software Group.
1996: Umax announces the SuperMac S900DP/180 Mac-compatible computer. It features dual 180 MHz PowerPC 604e processors, 512 kB Level 2 cache, 32 MB RAM, 4 MB video RAM, 128-bit IMS graphics accelerator, 8X CD-ROM drive, 2.1 GB hard drive, six PCI card slots, five drive bays, Ethernet connectors. Price is US$4695.
1998: Casio introduces the Cassiopeia E-11 handheld computer. It features backlit LCD display, 8 MB memory, 4 MB ROM, serial port, Windows CE 2.0, microphone, speaker, and docking cradle. Price is US$399.
2000: Corel announces a technology partnership with Microsoft. Microsoft will purchase about US$135 million shares of Corel stock, giving it about 25% ownership in the company. In return, Corel will integrate its software with the Internet, in line with Microsoft's .NET strategy.
2001: Intel introduces the 1.2 GHz Celeron processor. It features 16 kB Level 1 data cache, 16 kB Level 1 instruction cache, 256 kB Level 2 cache, 100 MHz system bus, MMX and SSE instructions, 64 GB address space. It incorporates 44 million transistors in a 0.13-micron process. Code-name during development was Tualatin. Price is US$103 in 1000-unit quantities.
2002: Sony Electronics introduces the Sony Clié PEG-NX70V handheld computer. It features 802.11b wireless LAN card slot, voice recorder, digital camera, Palm OS 5.0, 16 MB RAM, 16 MB ROM, Memory Stick expansion slot, 65,536-color TFT 320x480 pixel display, 200 MHz processor, QWERTY keyboard, Graffiti writing area, digital audio/video player. Price is US$599.99; size is 5.5x2.9x0.7 inches.
1991: Electronic Arts, Time Warner, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers announce a joint venture for creating multimedia products. The new company is called San Mateo Software Group.
1996: Umax announces the SuperMac S900DP/180 Mac-compatible computer. It features dual 180 MHz PowerPC 604e processors, 512 kB Level 2 cache, 32 MB RAM, 4 MB video RAM, 128-bit IMS graphics accelerator, 8X CD-ROM drive, 2.1 GB hard drive, six PCI card slots, five drive bays, Ethernet connectors. Price is US$4695.
1998: Casio introduces the Cassiopeia E-11 handheld computer. It features backlit LCD display, 8 MB memory, 4 MB ROM, serial port, Windows CE 2.0, microphone, speaker, and docking cradle. Price is US$399.
2000: Corel announces a technology partnership with Microsoft. Microsoft will purchase about US$135 million shares of Corel stock, giving it about 25% ownership in the company. In return, Corel will integrate its software with the Internet, in line with Microsoft's .NET strategy.
2001: Intel introduces the 1.2 GHz Celeron processor. It features 16 kB Level 1 data cache, 16 kB Level 1 instruction cache, 256 kB Level 2 cache, 100 MHz system bus, MMX and SSE instructions, 64 GB address space. It incorporates 44 million transistors in a 0.13-micron process. Code-name during development was Tualatin. Price is US$103 in 1000-unit quantities.
2002: Sony Electronics introduces the Sony Clié PEG-NX70V handheld computer. It features 802.11b wireless LAN card slot, voice recorder, digital camera, Palm OS 5.0, 16 MB RAM, 16 MB ROM, Memory Stick expansion slot, 65,536-color TFT 320x480 pixel display, 200 MHz processor, QWERTY keyboard, Graffiti writing area, digital audio/video player. Price is US$599.99; size is 5.5x2.9x0.7 inches.
Movies
1985: Death of George Savalas at age 58; American actor (Kojak).
1985: Death of Rock Hudson AKA Roy Harold Scherer Junior at age 59 of complications from AIDS; actor (McMillan and Wife TV show).
1985: Sidney Clute, actor (Lou Grant, Cagney and Lacey), dies at age 69.
1985: Death of Rock Hudson AKA Roy Harold Scherer Junior at age 59 of complications from AIDS; actor (McMillan and Wife TV show).
1985: Sidney Clute, actor (Lou Grant, Cagney and Lacey), dies at age 69.
Music
Sports
2009: The International Olympic Committee in Copenhagen votes 66-32 for the 2016 Olympic Games to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, over Madrid, Spain. Chicago, Illinois was eliminated on the first ballot, and Tokyo, Japan was eliminated on the second ballot.
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