Tech History Today – September 5, 2013

In 1977 – NASA launched Voyager 1 after a brief delay. Although it was launched 16 days after Voyager 2, it’s faster flight path would take it past Jupiter first.

In 1980 – The last IBM 7030, AKA STRETCH, mainframe computer was decommissioned at Brigham Young University.

In 2007 – Apple introduced the iPod Touch, bringing the multitouch first introduced on the iPhone, to its popular iPod line.

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