The IBM PC and DOS 1980’s Tim Patterson creates Q-DOS, and moves to Microsoft when they buy it from Seattle Computer Products (1980) Prince William is born to Charles and Di (1982) French scientist Dr. Luc Montagnier discovered HIV (1983) Vanessa Williams becomes first African American Miss America (1984) IBM introduced the first PC in August 12 (1981) The birth of MTV, the first 24 hour-a-day music television station was August 1, (1981) Pac-Man is introduced in the United States (1981) The first Portable PC, the 5155, was released on February the 29th (1984) Stonewashed jeans are introduced (1984) The pictures of the First IBM PC and the first IBM Portable PC were used with permission from http://www.digidome.nl/ibmhall.htm The picture of Tim Patterson was used with permission from http://www.digidome.nl/dos1.htm Mark Grubb