1998

1996 1997 << >> 1999 2000

Operating Systems:
Macintosh System 8.1 - 8.5.1
Windows 98
BeOS R3 - R4 (PowerPC and Intel)
Browsers: Netscape Communicator 4.5, Internet Explorer 4.0
The Sorenson Video codec first appears with the release of QuickTime 3.

1998, January: Miller Puckette releases Pure Data 0.20. In February, Mark Danks announces the release of GEM 0.72 — it is no longer in beta.

1998 is "the summer of net.radio"

May 10: Fenn O'Berg and farmersmanual play at Büro 1 / Le Garage, Paris.
June 6-10: Net.radio Days in Berlin.
July 1-4: Art Servers Unlimited gathering in London.
July 10-20: Polar Circuit workshop (Tornio, Finland).
August 15 - September 20: Revolting Temporary Media Lab, during ISEA'98, Manchester.
September 8-10: Acoustic Space/56h LIVE - 56 hour webcast from Linz.
September 26-29: First edition of Placard, a headphone music festival organised by Büro (Paris).
November 25-29: Xchange Unlimited, Riga.
Development of KeyWorx starts at Waag Society, Amsterdam.

Records:
Kid606: Don't Sweat the Technics

1996 1997 << >> 1999 2000

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