We’ve covered a range of stuff this year, as far back as 1888 and through to 1928 , 1938 , 1948 , 1958 , 1968 , 1978 , 1988 , 1998 , 2003 ,...

Launched 1978 Forty years ago the microprocessor revolution was bringing affordable and usable computers into homes, businesses and school...

Either a LaserDisc or a CD being held by a very tiny person Introduced December 1978 You might think that movies on disc started with ...

What do the Morris Minor, Rover P5, Hindustan Ambassador, Citroën Visa and Fiat Strada have in common? Well, they were all launched in Septe...

Released August 1978 1978 was still very early on in the microcomputer revolution which was arguably only a year into its stride. The ye...

DEC VT100 Launched August 1978 Although the late 1970s saw the birth of the microcomputer revolution, most people in businesses and ac...

Space Invaders (Midway version) Launched June 1978 Forty years ago this month, Japan saw the launch of a simple little arcade game cal...

Science of Cambridge MK14 Launched June 1978 Before the Sinclair ZX80 – and before Sinclair even was Sinclair – came the Science of Ca...

Speak & Spell circa 1978 Launched June 1978 If you were a child of the late 1970s or early 1980s, then the Texas Instrument...

Intel 8086 Launched June 1978 By the late 1970s, Intel had carved out a successful slice of the microprocessor market with the 8-bit I...

No, not SPAM but spam. Junk email. That sort of thing. You've probably seen it. You might even know that the name comes from a Monty ...