The Macintosh Computer 1983 - Present Computers: Chris Espinosa,George Crow, Bill Atkinson, and Burrell Smith - Macintosh programmers and designers. John Sculley - CEO of Apple Computer. Bill Gates - Introduced Windows 1.0, creating controversy because of its similarity to the Mac GUI. American Culture: Toni Morrison publishes Beloved, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize. Director John Huston makes his last film, The Dead. MTV and music videos make Michael Jackson, Madonna, Whitney Houston, U2 and others famous. Politics: George Shultz, Oliver North, John Poindexter, Casper Weinberger testify to Congress about the Iran-Contra affair. Soviet Secretary Gorbachev and President Reagan sign the INF treaty to reduce nuclear stockpiles. Klaus Barbie, Nazi leader is convicted of World War II crimes. Technology: March 1987, The Mac II is introduced as the expandable Mac, selling for $3,898. Based on the new 68020 processor, the Mac II was the first 32-bit Mac. The Mac II was the first Mac with color capabilities 256 colors or shades of gray--a graphics card could be installed capable of handling up to 16.7 million colors! April - Apple created Claris, its software division. August - Apple engineer designed HyperCard(in many ways a predecessor to the Web), software that makes developing in-house applications simpler. It is standard on all Macs until 1992. AppleShare file server software was introduced Macintosh SE introduced with two internal floppies or internal hard drive No beige: Apple abandoned beige for platinum, a businesslike gray. New Macintosh systems introduced with two things we all take for granted today: background printing and the ability to run more than one program at a time IBM releases a new operating system, allow the use of a mouse for the first time. Telephones become available on Japanese airliners; calls are relayed by satellite. Nintendo Entertainment System and Super Mario, and Mario Brothers television screen, permission obtained from http://www.gameroom64.com/misc/nintendo_history.htm Macintosh II computer, permission obtained from http://www.apple-history.com/index.html Photo of tall table and visitor, permission obtained from Michelle Vaughn. Photo of Macintosh developers, permission requested from http://library.stanford.edu/mac/contact.html Photo of Nike Air Shoes, Madonna permission obtained from http://www/bbc/co.uk/ HyperCard box, permission obtained from http://members.aol.com/hcheaven/ Photo of Michael Jackson, permission requested from http://www.exclusivelymj.com/contact.html Photo of Oliver North, permission requested from http://www.snopes.com/rumors/north.htm Photo of George Shultz, public domain from http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/secretaries/index.htm Photo of Ronald Reagan, public domain from http://www.loc.gov Donna Weaver