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Computer trade show, 1979 to 2003
COMDEX (an abbreviation of COMputer Dealers' EXhibition) was a computer expo trade show held in the Las Vegas Valley of Nevada, United States, each November
COMDEX
Series of gaming video cards
heavily upon the older Voodoo Banshee product. Voodoo3 was announced at COMDEX '98 and arrived on store shelves in early 1999. The Voodoo3 line was the
Voodoo3
Suite of office software
version of the Office suite, announced by Bill Gates on August 1, 1988, at COMDEX, contained Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint, all
Microsoft_Office
Indian commodity exchange in Mumbai
Commissions (IOSCO). iCOMDEX series consists of iCOMDEX Composite, iCOMDEX Base Metals, iCOMDEX Bullion, iCOMDEX Gold, iCOMDEX Copper and iCOMDEX Crude Oil. Subsequently
Multi_Commodity_Exchange
Smartphone model
prototype device, code named "Sweetspot", on November 16, 1992, at the COMDEX computer and technology trade show in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
IBM_Simon
American businessman (1933–2021)
fifty companies. In the late 1970s, Adelson and his partners developed the COMDEX trade shows for the computer industry, beginning in 1979. It was one of
Sheldon_Adelson
1985 Microsoft operating system version
Bill Gates saw a demonstration of a similar software suite, Visi On, at COMDEX in 1982. The operating environment was showcased to the public in November
Windows_1.0
American casino and resort company
in personal computers and trade shows, founding the computer trade show COMDEX in 1979. They opened the 1.2 million square foot Sands Expo and Convention
Las_Vegas_Sands
Relational database management system
1991 and won over 30 awards the first year, including "best of show" at Comdex.[citation needed] The program was considered the first "end-user relational
Lotus_Approach
Operating environment program
new VP of marketing, pushed for the system to be demonstrated at the fall COMDEX show in 1982. Others in the company were worried that the product was not
Visi_On
1993 Microsoft operating system version
was a re-engineered version of Windows. First publicly demonstrated at Comdex 1991, NT 3.1 was released in 1993 in two editions: Workstation and Advanced
Windows_NT_3.1
Word processor
and Microsoft Word for Windows would both make their debut at the 1988 COMDEX in Atlanta, Georgia alongside their respective booths. Like the Mac version
Microsoft_Word
Short-range wireless technology standard
hands-free mobile headset that earned the "Best of show Technology Award" at COMDEX. The first Bluetooth mobile phone was the unreleased prototype Ericsson T36
Bluetooth
American professional esports player (born 1977)
Thresh (foreground) at a video game competition for a vendor at Comdex in 1997
Dennis_Fong
3D animation software
transition generator (stand-alone) called TransJammer. Byte "Best of Comdex" award at COMDEX. Similar to SGI version 1.3 plus some compositing features of the
Avid_Elastic_Reality
Computer expo
dot-com boom, it was larger both in area and attendance than COMPUTEX and COMDEX, its Asian and American counterparts, respectively. CeBIT is a German language
CeBIT
High capacity floppy disk system
Japan. 1997-10-14. Retrieved 2018-07-25. Savitz, Eric J. (1997-12-01). "Comdex Trade Show Offers Few Humdingers But at Least One Threat to Iomega's Zip
Sony_HiFD
American multinational technology company
1987). "CES And Comdex: A Tale Of Two Cities". Compute!. p. 14. Retrieved November 10, 2013. Ferrell, Keith (August 1987). "CES and COMDEX: A Tale Of Two
Dell
2000 video game
version of the game was also shown at a US demonstration at Las Vegas for COMDEX in November as well in a presentation done by Phil Harrison of Sony. This
Dark_Cloud
Laptop by Apple
manufactured by Sony for Apple Computer and introduced on October 21, 1991, at the COMDEX computer expo in Las Vegas, Nevada. Priced at US$2,500 (equivalent to $5
PowerBook_100
1987 laptop computer by Sharp Electronics
PC-4500 line at COMDEX/Spring 1987 in June that year. Only the PC-4501 and PC-4502 were revealed at the time; shortly before COMDEX/Fall 1987 in November
Sharp_PC-4500
Eugene 'Gene' Mosher photographed by Barbara Mosher at the Atari Booth, ComDex, Las Vegas, Nevada on 17 November, 1986. Shown in the photograph is ViewTouch®
Timeline of computing 1980–1989
Timeline_of_computing_1980–1989
Simple text editor included with Microsoft Windows
mouse in MS-DOS, replacing the legacy MS-DOS Editor. In May 1983, at the COMDEX computer expo in Atlanta, Microsoft introduced the Multi-Tool Notepad, a
Windows_Notepad
Barcode format
"printing experiment" and later publicly introduced in November 1985 at COMDEX. Softstrip barcodes encoded less than a thousand bytes per square inch,
Cauzin_Softstrip
Series of computer mice from Microsoft
the optical IntelliEye technology. It was announced on April 19, 1999, at COMDEX. It was released on October 4, 1999 with an estimated retail price of US$54
IntelliMouse
American financial services and life insurance company
Strong" from Fitch, a "Aa3 Excellent" from Moody's, and a "96 out of 100" Comdex ranking. Western & Southern dates back to the founding of The Western and
Western & Southern Financial Group
Western_&_Southern_Financial_Group
Computers derived from the IBM PC
does." When a BYTE journalist asked to test Peachtext at the Spring 1983 COMDEX, Corona representatives "hemmed and hawed a bit, but they finally led me
IBM_PC_compatible
Family of CP/M- and DOS-compatible multi-user multi-tasking operating systems
compatibility with PC DOS 1.1 (and MS-DOS 1.1). This was shown publicly at COMDEX in December 1983 and shipped in March 1984 as Concurrent DOS 3.1 (a.k.a
Multiuser_DOS
Smartphone software platform
based on the 'Pearl' interface from Symbian Ltd. S60 was introduced at COMDEX in November 2001 and first shipped with the Nokia 7650 smartphone; the original
S60_(software_platform)
1980–2014 American multinational software and services company
Clarke. Despite its struggles, Novell Data Systems had a presence at the COMDEX show in Las Vegas in November 1982. Engineer Ray Noorda saw the presentation
Novell
Operating system released in 1965
Pavilion at COMDEX 1990 Interview with Dick Pick in the Pick Pavilion at COMDEX 1990 Interview with Jonathan Sisk in the Pick Pavilion at COMDEX 1991 Pick
Pick_operating_system
Japanese investment holding company
SoftBank bought COMDEX from The Interface Group on 1 April 1995 for $800 million and ZDI on 29 February 1996. SoftBank sold COMDEX to Key3Media, a spin-off
SoftBank_Group
Personal computer for mobile use
(patented) by Suwa Seikosha's Yukio Yokozawa in July 1980, introduced at the COMDEX computer show in Las Vegas by Japanese company Seiko Epson in 1981, and
Laptop
Personal computer series
is a series of personal computers sold by Sanyo. It was unveiled at the COMDEX/Spring '83 in April 1983 and first released to market in March 1984. All
Sanyo_MBC-550_series
1987 IBM desktop computer
dozen companies were selling desktops in a tower form factor at that year's Comdex, according to The New York Times. By the mid-1990s, tower computers had
IBM_PS/2_Model_60
American semiconductor company
proprietary chips on the Enhanced Graphics Adapter. By that November's COMDEX, more than a half dozen companies had introduced EGA-compatible boards based
Chips_and_Technologies
Font-rendering technology by Microsoft
flat panel monitors. ClearType was first announced at the November 1998 COMDEX exhibition. The technology was first introduced in software in January 2000
ClearType
Annual computer industry expo in San Francisco, California from 1977 to 1991
acquired by Sheldon Adelson, whose Interface Group also owned and operated COMDEX. Spanning fourteen years, the West Coast Computer Faire hosted a total of
West_Coast_Computer_Faire
Line of home computers from Atari Corporation
Tramiel product of the past. Atari unexpectedly displayed the ST at Atlanta COMDEX in May. Similarities to the original Macintosh and Tramiel's role in its
Atari_ST
July 2021. Bill Gates (1994-11-14). "Information At Your Fingertips, 1994 Comdex Keynote". Archived from the original on 2007-11-10. Retrieved 2008-01-02
List of Microsoft Windows versions
List_of_Microsoft_Windows_versions
Online service provider
rights and put in place the necessary software, the system was announced at Comdex in June 1979. At a launch in New York the following month, Isaac Asimov
The_Source_(online_service)
Input and output device
Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2013. "File:Comdex 1986.png". Wikimedia Commons. 11 September 2012. Archived from the original
Touchscreen
Mobile computer with integrated display, circuitry, and battery
branding it the "NewsPad"; the project ended in 1997. During the November 2000 COMDEX, Microsoft used the term Tablet PC to describe a prototype handheld device
Tablet_computer
Operating system
computer operating system produced by The Software Link (TSL), announced at COMDEX in November 1986 for February 1987 release. PC-MOS/386, a successor to PC-MOS
PC-MOS/386
American software company
"Interview with Vintela's President". OSNews. Scannell, Ed (November 20, 2002). "Comdex: SuSE, SCO quick to jump on UnitedLinux bandwagon; Ximian also throws its
SCO_Group
Pre-pressed compact disc containing computer data
announced in 1984 and introduced by Denon and Sony at the first Japanese COMDEX computer show in 1985. The first CD-ROM drive released to the public, the
CD-ROM
All-in-one IBM PC compatible computer (1987–1990)
California. ZDS announced the product in early June 1987 at the Spring COMDEX in Atlanta, Georgia. It went on sale one month later. ZDS marketed the Eazy
Zenith_Eazy_PC
American computer hardware company
Archive. Costlow, Terry (October 9, 1995). "Fiber Channel vendors gear up for Comdex assault". Electronic Engineering Times. CMP Publications: 10. ProQuest 208111074
BusLogic
Free and open-source Unix-like operating system
14 December 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2014. Johnson, Dwight. "Report from Comdex—Walnut Creek CDROM, FreeBSD and Slackware". Linux Today. Archived from the
FreeBSD
Fatal system error screen
occurred during a presentation of a Windows 98 beta given by Bill Gates at COMDEX on April 20, 1998: The demo PC crashed with a BSoD when his assistant, Chris
Blue_screen_of_death
Therapeutic robot
public in late 2001, costing US$15 million to develop, and became a "Best of COMDEX" finalist in 2003, and handmade versions have been sold commercially by
Paro_(robot)
Time and place where a retail transaction is completed
ViewTouch point of sale software was first demonstrated in public at Fall Comdex, 1986, in Las Vegas, Nevada, to large crowds visiting the Atari Computer
Point_of_sale
In North America, Epson introduced it as the Epson HX-20 in 1981, at the COMDEX computer show in Las Vegas, where it drew significant attention for its
List of Japanese inventions and discoveries
List_of_Japanese_inventions_and_discoveries
Pointing device used to control a computer
Hawley mouse cost $415. In 1982, Logitech introduced the P4 Mouse at the Comdex trade show in Las Vegas, its first hardware mouse. That same year Microsoft
Computer_mouse
Keyboard layout for Latin-script alphabets
was entirely unofficial but was inadvertently demonstrated at the 1984 Comdex show, in Las Vegas, by an Apple employee whose mission was to demonstrate
Dvorak_keyboard_layout
Hard disk digital audio player
PJB-100 into mass production and introduced it to the public at the Las Vegas COMDEX in November 1999. The first units were sold in a special auction held by
Personal_Jukebox
American video game industry event (1995–2021)
retailers and journalists. Both of these reasons had previously caused the COMDEX trade show to shut down. Several large vendors told the ESA that they were
E3
1999 Microsoft operating system version
CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) "Windows 2000 to Launch at Comdex, 64-Bit Janus in the Wings". Computergram International. August 26, 1999
Windows_2000
Symphonic, a microcomputer he and his wife Donna created, failed to boot at COMDEX in 1981. Gordon reconsiders Joe's proposal and successfully reconstructs
List of Halt and Catch Fire episodes
List_of_Halt_and_Catch_Fire_episodes
Operating system for personal computers
2013. Retrieved January 18, 2014. "Be, Inc. Unveils BeOS Release 4 at COMDEX Fall 98". April 27, 1999. Archived from the original on April 27, 1999.
BeOS
Notebook computer series by IBM
retailers, and stores. IBM would also demonstrate the 365C/CD at the Fall Comdex show in November 1995 against many competitors. They had one of the largest
ThinkPad_365
American global computer magazine
(Denmark) is now Computerworld.dk The publication was announced at the COMDEX trade show in November 1982, and first appeared on newsstands in March 1983
PC_World
1980s computer made by Hewlett-Packard
innovative computer made by Hewlett-Packard and introduced in Las Vegas at Comdex fall trade show on November 28,1983. It was based on the Intel 8088 CPU
HP-150
Personal computer by Apple
began in Singapore in July 1991. By the time the computer was unveiled at COMDEX that year, Apple had produced 100,000 units, seeking to avoid the supply
Macintosh_Classic_II
Canadian comedian and web developer
Toronto-based web design and development company. The company won a Best of COMDEX award for Best Security Product for AccessArmor, a managed password-authentication
Paul_Chato
personal digital assistant (PDA). The prototype was demonstrated at the COMDEX computer industry trade show in November 1992. It included sample apps for
History_of_smartphones
Discontinued intelligent technology standard
Microsoft Research division. SPOT was first announced by Bill Gates at the COMDEX computer exposition event in 2002, and additional details were revealed
Smart Personal Objects Technology
Smart_Personal_Objects_Technology
Emulator to run x86 code on Alpha processors
Windows NT based machines. A prototype of the system was demonstrated at COMDEX in 1993. FX!32: A Profile-Directed Binary Translator DIGITAL FX!32: Running
FX!32
Defunct American software company
Quattro Pro spreadsheet, and Paradox database) was introduced at the 1993 Comdex computer show. Borland Office never made significant inroads against Microsoft
Borland
US trade show
next "Summer" show was scheduled to be held in conjunction with Spring COMDEX in Atlanta; however, when only two dozen-or-so exhibitors signed on, the
Consumer_Electronics_Show
Gaming accessory manufacturer
Businesses". Forbes. Retrieved 26 October 2019. Waga, Phil (18 November 1998). "Comdex showstoppers". The Journal News. Retrieved 20 December 2018. "York firm
Turtle_Beach_Corporation
Convention center in Winchester, Nevada, US
increased the center to 1.9 million sq ft (180,000 m2). While it functioned, COMDEX was the most attended trade show in the United States, with over 200,000
Las_Vegas_Convention_Center
American computing company
(October 21, 1991). "OCR Systems unveils packages for DOS, Windows at Comdex". InfoWorld. 13 (42). IDG Publications: 17 – via Google Books. Grunin, Lori
OCR_Systems
Second model of Apple's Macintosh computer line
Logic Board Kit Pournelle, Jerry (March 1985). "On the Road: Hackercon and COMDEX". BYTE. Vol. 10, no. 3. pp. 313–346. Retrieved March 19, 2016. Wikimedia
Macintosh_512K
Home computer and electronics manufacturer
"Dealing with Commodore was like dealing with Attila the Hun." At the 1987 Comdex, an informal InfoWorld survey found that none of the developers present
Commodore_International
WebPad touch screen tablet computer at COMDEX. 1999 The "QBE" pen computer created by Aqcess Technologies wins COMDEX Best of Show. Intel announces a StrongARM-based
History_of_tablet_computers
American businessman and television personality
The conference name is a portmanteau of Lockergnome and the now-defunct Comdex technology trade show, a major technology event at that time. The first
Chris_Pirillo
Microsoft's programming language based on BASIC and COM
"ThunderRTMain". Visual Basic 1.0 (May 1991) was released for Windows at the Comdex/Windows World trade show in Atlanta, Georgia. Visual Basic 1.0 for DOS was
Visual_Basic_(classic)
Family of personal computers sold by Commodore
Retrieved April 27, 2026. Only Amiga Makes it Possible - Full video - Comdex 1987 on YouTube Commodore Amiga Commercial (1987) on YouTube COMMERCIAL :
Amiga
Operating system from IBM
partially functional pre-alpha version of Workplace OS was demonstrated at Comdex, where a bemused Bill Gates stopped by the booth. The second and last time
OS/2
Early portable microcomputer
be confused with General Motors) in July 1979, and shown at that year's COMDEX, which Osborne attended. It was designed to be portable, with a rugged ABS
Osborne_1
1998 parody video game
development, Parroty Interactive had planned to promote the game at the COMDEX computer expo by Fall in 1997. The presentation was to include a Bill Gates
Microshaft_Winblows_98
Day of the year
following day. 1992 – The first smartphone, the IBM Simon, is introduced at COMDEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. 1996 – Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked,
November_23
American period drama television series
convinces the others to proceed with their plan to present at the COMDEX trade show. At COMDEX, the team discover the "Slingshot", a copycat of the Giant, being
Halt and Catch Fire (TV series)
Halt_and_Catch_Fire_(TV_series)
Discontinued embedded operating system by Microsoft
originally announced by Microsoft at the Computer Dealers' Exhibition (COMDEX) in 1996 and was demonstrated on stage by Bill Gates and John McGill. Microsoft
Windows_CE
Computer-aided design and drafting software
Michael Riddle. The first version by Autodesk was demonstrated at the 1982 Comdex and released that December. AutoCAD supported CP/M-80 computers. As Autodesk's
AutoCAD
1998 Microsoft operating system version
of the same year. This coincided with a notable press demonstration at COMDEX that month. Microsoft CEO Bill Gates was highlighting the operating system's
Windows_98
Singaporean technology company
development of the standalone Sound Blaster sound card, introduced at the 1989 COMDEX show just as the multimedia PC market, fueled by Intel's 386 CPU and Microsoft
Creative_Technology
Laptop computer released by Epson in 1981
and was introduced by Epson in North America as the HX-20 at the 1981 COMDEX computer show in Las Vegas, where it drew significant attention for its
Epson_HX-20
System of bank switching in DOS memory management
do it". The companies planned to launch the standard at the Spring 1985 COMDEX, with many expansion-card and software companies announcing their support
Expanded_memory
American information technology company (1982–2013)
of low-priced computers, Rosen sent his own Compaq engineering team to COMDEX without Canion's knowledge and discovered that a low-priced PC could be
Compaq
American electronics designer
decided by IBM to show the device, code named "Angler", at the November 1992 COMDEX technology trade show in Las Vegas, necessitating a rush to complete the
Frank_J._Canova
Defunct technology company
Israel as the “Ya’tza Affair.” The company announced a demonstration at the COMDEX trade show in November 2000. Various numbers of layers were predicted. Besides
Constellation_3D
Number of transistors in a device
Retrieved June 19, 2019. Shimpi, Anand Lal (November 21, 1998). "Fall Comdex '98 Coverage". AnandTech. Archived from the original on March 10, 2011.
Transistor_count
revival was its reentry into the popular mindset. On October 5, 1992, at the COMDEX computer expo, IBM announced the first ThinkPad laptop computer, the 700C
History_of_IBM
Process of sampling signals from sensors and converting into digital data
logger Data storage device Data science Sensor Signal processing Transducer COMDEX Fall November 18, 1981 Las Vegas, NV, "Tecmar shows 20 IBM PC option card
Data_acquisition
spreadsheet) was working on the Visi On GUI environment (first demonstrated at COMDEX in 1982) and released their version for the IBM PC in 1983. Neither the
History_of_personal_computers
Cancelled video game console
would've been a launch title. This may be the sample shooter title shown at COMDEX Japan '97. Warashi Panasonic Wondertainment Untitled Iguana Entertainment
List of cancelled Panasonic M2 games
List_of_cancelled_Panasonic_M2_games
Public computer terminal
the first commercial kiosk with an Internet connection was displayed at Comdex. The application was for locating missing children. The first true documentation
Interactive_kiosk
First commercially available web accelerator
1997 to PeakSoft Multinet Corp.) in 1996 and released in November 1996 at COMDEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. NetJet was named a 'Best in Show' product in the internet
NetJet
travel, tourism, insurance
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