As we head into the weekend when Big Brown will try to become the first horse to win the Triple Crown since Affirmed in 1978, I thought it would be fun to see how far the CE industry has come since Affirmed was outfitted in a blanket of roses.
In 1978…
- The Consumer Electronic Show was held twice every year, once in the winter and again in the summer
- Atari was the ultimate gaming console, allowing players to test their stills at Pong
- Apple demonstrated its 1st working prototype of the Apple II disk drive
- Microsoft shipped the Microsoft COBOL
- Digital Equipment opened its first retail store in a mall and offered small computer systems for under $10,000
- The Starfleet Orion game for the Commodore PET was released
- RCA announced the SDT200 CED Player, which was the first of its kind to accept discs in caddies
What were some of your favorite gadgets and systems from 1978?
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