Dates In History
1986 [Detail]
| 1986 | IBM RISC System/6000 AIX Rugby Shirt |
| 14th January | Acorn announces the BBC Master |
| 16th January | Apple launches the Macintosh Plus |
| 19th January | Brain, the first PC virus, is released |
| 26th February | Microsoft moves to Redmond |
| 13th March | Microsoft stock goes public |
| 27th March | Commodore sets firm dates for Amiga in UK [News Article] - Popular Computing Weekly Vol 5 No 13 - 27 March - 2 April 1986 |
| 27th March | All change at Memotech [News Article] - Popular Computing Weekly Vol 5 No 13 - 27 March - 2 April 1986 |
| 27th March | ZX Microfair in May [News Article] - Popular Computing Weekly Vol 5 No 13 - 27 March - 2 April 1986 |
| 27th March | Mastertronic launches Madchrome label [News Article] - Popular Computing Weekly Vol 5 No 13 - 27 March - 2 April 1986 |
| 27th March | Commodore 1571 disk drive now in shops [News Article] - Popular Computing Weekly Vol 5 No 13 - 27 March - 2 April 1986 |
| 7th April | Amstrad Buys Sinclair Research IP |
| 29th May | £25 million loss rocks Commodore [News Article] - Popular Computing Weekly Vol 5 No 22 - 29 May-4 June 1986 |
| 29th May | Amstrad's £445 PC: the full specifications [News Article] - Popular Computing Weekly Vol 5 No 22 - 29 May-4 June 1986 |
| 29th May | JVC aims £1,000 MSX 2 micro at Commodore Amiga market [News Article] - Popular Computing Weekly Vol 5 No 22 - 29 May-4 June 1986 |
| 5th June | Sinclair abandons Pandora display [News Article] - Popular Computing Weekly Vol 5 No 23 - 5-11 June 1986 |
| 5th June | Commodore to shed another 70 jobs [News Article] - Popular Computing Weekly Vol 5 No 23 - 5-11 June 1986 |
| 5th June | Amstrad hires Timex to build its Plus 2 [News Article] - Popular Computing Weekly Vol 5 No 23 - 5-11 June 1986 |
| 11th June | IBM PC personal computer features in the film Ferris Bueller's Day Off |
| 17th July | Commodore to release 64C in a few weeks [News Article] - Popular Computing Weekly Vol 5 No 29 - 17-23 July 1986 |
| 1st September | Acorn launches the BBC Master Compact |
| 27th September | Nintendo releases the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) |
| 8th December | New ITV venture to rival BBC? [News Article] - Popular Computing Weekly Vol 2 No 49 - 8-14 December 1983 |
| 8th December | Bug-Byte loses claim to fame [News Article] - Popular Computing Weekly Vol 2 No 49 - 8-14 December 1983 |
| 8th December | Dragon upgraded to 64 [News Article] - Popular Computing Weekly Vol 2 No 49 - 8-14 December 1983 |
