RCR Episode 289: ZIP me down to Maxis Sim City

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, and Earl Evans

Topic: 1989

Several things happened during the final year to begin prior to The Simpsons hitting the airwaves. For example, Sim City and PKZIP came out. Tim from CERN proposed an information sharing architecture. Everyone on the bus started playing with Game Boys.

Topic/Feedback links:

SimCity

Mac Office (Word 4, Excel 2.2, PowerPoint 2.01, Mail 1.37)

ZIP format introduced

Phil Katz

ARC

Tim Berners-Lee proposed WWW

Microsoft SQL Server announced

Nintendo Game Boy