1980s in computing

The Speech Assessment Methods Phonetic Alphabet (SAMPA) is a computer-readable phonetic script using 7-bit printable ASCII characters, based on the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). It was originally developed in the late 1980s for six European languages by the EEC ESPRIT information technology research and development program. As many symbols as possible have been taken over from the IPA; where this is not possible, other signs that are available are used, e.g. [@] for schwa (IPA ), [2] for (the vowel sound found in French ()), and [9] for (the vowel sound found in French ()).

thumb | right | A diagram for CSNET members in the USA in 1983.

Range of mainframe computers in the 1960s and 70s

overview of video gaming-related events during the 1980s