1983 – Apple Lisa, Creo & Papyrus
• Arpanet finalizes work on TCP/IP, the networking protocol.
• The Apple Lisa is the first WIMP (Windows, Icons, Menus & Pointing device) computer that is mass produced. Its $9,995 price ticket hampers its commercial success.
• Compugraphic announce the Personal Composition System which links the Apple Lisa to their Compugraphic 8400 typesetter. The company spends around $20 million on Lisa systems for development, training and sales purposes but their system is a commercial failure. It makes Compugraphic reluctant to invest much in that other Apple product that comes around a year later.
• Creo is incorporated in British Columbia. In its early years, it starts out as a small electro-optical developer working on products such as optical tape recorders.
• Designer and illustrator Chris Costello creates the Papyrus typeface using a calligraphy pen and textured paper. His intent is to create a font that looks as if written on papyrus 2000 years ago. Originally released by Letraset, it is now owned by ITC.
• A South Korean Boeing 747 strays into Soviet airspace and is shot down.
• The CD appears on the market.
• The USA invades Grenada.
• Crack, a cheap narcotic, is developed in the Bahamas.
• El Niño affects the weather all over the world.