Osborne Computer Corporation is incorporated. The International Winter Consumer Electronics Show is held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Murray Bell and Paul Barsley present their microcomputer proposal to Dynalogic's owner, Bytec.
Bytec executives give approval for the project.
Casio demonstrates the FX-9000P, with a 5 inch CRT, keyboard, keypad, removable memory modules, and 256x128 graphics. During its life, production peaks at 9,000 units per day. Steve Wozniak's private plane crashes, leaving him with a temporary loss of short-term memory, lasting for over a month. Intel introduces the iAPX432 at the International Solid State Circuits Conference. MS-DOS runs for the first time on IBM's prototype microcomputer.