b'Did you know?The first attempt to link computers indierent colleges started at aroundThe Trinity Balls of this decade were driven by a the same time that I joined thenew focus on rock and pop acts. In 1974 visiting department. Computer sciencebands to the Trinity Ball cancelled because of lecturer Michael Purser wanted,the Dublin bombings. mainly as an academic exercise, to connectTrinitys DEC-20 system with another DEC-20 inUCD. He used an operating system that heDo you remember? himself wrote with an X.25- Like top end. The National Board of Science and TechnologyIn the 1970s supported the project which achieved itsobjective in 1982. 1970 Beatles band broke up Michael Nolan, IEUNET co-founder and Director1971 First Microprocessor (Intel 4004)of IS Services at TCD introduced1972 Atari Pong released1973 Ireland joined the European Union1975 Vietnam war ends1975 Bill Gates and Paul Allen start Microsoft1975 MOS Technology 6502 used in Apple l and ll introduced1976Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne founded Apple1977 Color TV Game released by Nintendo1979 Irish pound broke parity with Sterling 18'