TECHNOLOGY 1980-1990

1980
-The Chemical Society, the Royal Institute of Chemistry, and other organizations merge to form the Royal Society of Chemistry in Great Britain.
-Gmelin Handbuch begins transition from German to English.


1981
-First successfully marketed IBM personal computer, the IBM PC


1982
-Fachgruppe Chemie-Information is founded within the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker.
-Great Britain's Chemical Structure Association is established.


1983
-Division of Chemical Information and Computer Science is founded within the Chemical Society of Japan.
-CA File, the most complete online equivalent of CA, is introduced.

1984
-CAS ONLINE is incorporated, along with non-CAS databases, into Scientific and Technical Network (STN) International

1986
-NSFNET (National Science Foundaton Network) is established. Implements a high-speed data communications network to link the National Supercomputing Centers and their networks

1987
-First International Conference on Chemical Structures held in Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands.

1988
-National Center for Biotechnology Information founded to oversee the information components of the Human Genome Proyect.

1989
-tetrahedron computer methology , edited by W. Todd Wipke, becomes the first journal published in electronic form only, available on floppy disks.
-First International Conference on Chemical Information held in Montreux, Switzerland.

by: Alejandro Salgar Marin