History 1986-1990
• • • Apple announces plans to create an independent software company, to be known later as Claris. For the first time, Apple uses its HyperCard technology to distribute a 1987 HyperCard supplement on diskette for Macintosh personal computers. Apple files suit against Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard to protect its Macintosh audio visual display. The lawsuit is seen as having industry wide implications regarding copyright laws.
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History 1978
• Apple introduces various interface cards for connecting to most printers. • Apple's Disk II® is introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show. It is the easiest to use, lowest priced, and fastest mini-floppy disk drive ever offered by a computer manufacturer. It will make possible the development of serious software. Production at first is handled by just two employees, turning out 30 drives a day. • In only its second year, Apple is one of the fastest growing companies in America. Sales have increased, and its dealer network has grown to over 300.