He was convinced that George Orwell's 1984 was nearly all wrong as it applied to England, which was `` driving forward into uncharted waters '', with the danger of a new tyranny ahead.

The " new " AppleBus was announced in early 1984, allowing direct connection from the Mac or Lisa through a small box that plugged into the serial port and connected via cables to the next computer upstream and downstream.

Additionally, the keyboard and high score cartridge were canceled, the expansion port was removed from later production runs of the system and, in lieu of new titles, the system was launched with titles intended for the 7800's debut in 1984.

A new international airport near Gaborone was opened in 1984.

Finn and Hester decided to form a new band during the Split Enz farewell tour, Enz with a Bang, during November and December 1984.

It did so by buying a small startup company called Amiga Corporation in August 1984, for $ 25 million ($ 12. 8 million in cash & 550, 000 in common shares ) which became a subsidiary of Commodore, called Commodore-Amiga, Inc. Commodore brought this new 32-bit computer design ( initially codenamed " Lorraine ", later dubbed the Amiga 1000 ) to market in the fall of 1985 for US $ 1295.

In 1982, a radical liberalization of the law on cable was proposed by the Information Technology Advisory Panel, for the sake of promoting a new generation of broadband cable systems leading to the wired society After setting up and receiving the conclusions of the Hunt Inquiry into Cable Expansion and Broadcasting Policy, the Government decided to proceed with liberalization and two pieces of legislation: the Cable and Broadcasting Act and the Telecommunications Act, were enacted in 1984.

The first new television channels launched for carriage on cable systems ( going live in March 1984 ) were Sky Channel, Screensport, Music Box and TEN-The Movie Channel.

While they continued to play live shows during 1983 and 1984, they took a break from releasing new records to concentrate on the Alternative Tentacles record label, which would become synonymous with DIY alternative culture.

Although not released until 1984, the filming sessions in January 1969 led to unexpected success when Bowie told the producers, " That film of yours — I've got a new song for it.

2011 The Egyptian Lover is working on a new Album entitled " 1984 "

For example, Forth was the first resident software on the new Intel 8086 chip in 1978 and MacFORTH was the first resident development system for the first Apple Macintosh in 1984.

It wasn't until 1984 and Godzilla's 30th anniversary that Toho would start production on a new Godzilla movie.

Foreign donor support helped to increase the number of new vehicle registrations from 8, 000 in 1984 to almost 20, 000 in 1989.

On 28 October 1984 the new Point Salines International Airport was opened, which enabled Grenada to receive large commercial jets for the first time.

Even in relatively new story collection translated as Russian 19th Century Gothic Tales ( from 1984 ), the editor used the name „ Фантастический мир русской романтической повести “ ( The Fantastic World of Russian Romanticism Short Story / Novella ).

In 1984 Infocom started putting resources into a new division to produce business products.

By early 1984, after the Colts ' lease on the dilapidated 64, 124 seat Memorial Stadium had expired, Irsay wanted the city of Baltimore to upgrade the stadium or build a new one.

Over the course of his tenure as the mouthpiece for the company, he would help introduce new products such as frozen Jell-O Pops ( in both gelatin and pudding varieties ); the new Sugar-Free Jell-O, which replaced D-Zerta in 1984 and was sweetened with NutraSweet ; Jell-O Jigglers concentrated gummi snacks ; and Sparkling Jell-O, a carbonated version of the dessert touted as the " Champagne of Jell-O.

Based on the success of the Niva, the design department prepared a new family of front-wheel drive models by 1984, which was of a completely domestic design.

In 1984 IRAS identified a new type of diffuse molecular cloud.

It was only at the second round of the competition in August 1984, when full-scale clay models were presented, that the Duo 101 won the competition and was selected as the basis for Mazda's new lightweight sports car.

Under new ownership, the current name was adopted in 1963 and the franchise was relocated to Shea Stadium in 1964 and then to the Meadowlands Sports Complex in 1984.

The core of the new agency was composed of the Civil Aeronautics Board's Bureau of Safety ( The CAB retained its economic regulation of the airline industry until it was closed on December 31, 1984 due to the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 ).

In 1984, a restoration of Metropolis ( 1927 ) with new score by producer-composer Giorgio Moroder was another turning point in modern-day interest in silent films.

This means that people choose to live in a gentrified area to restore it, not to alter it, because restoration is a " new way to realize old values " ( London and Palen, 1984 ).

The roofs of the transepts are of wood, that of the south transept was burnt in the fire of 1984 and was replaced in the restoration work which was completed in 1988.

The fire of 1984 affected the organ but not irreparably ; the damage hastened the time for a major restoration, which was begun in 1991 and finished two years later by Principal Pipe Organs of York, under the direction of their founder, Geoffrey Coffin, who had at one time been assistant organist at the Minster.

The Sistine Chapel's ceiling restoration began on 7 November 1984.

After a major fire in 1978 destroyed the Victorian and Edwardian additions to the building, restoration work was completed in 1984.

In 1984, Moroder compiled a new restoration and edit of the silent film Metropolis ( 1927 ) and provided it with a contemporary soundtrack.

The latest restoration of the building occurred in 1984 done by the Instituto Tlaxcalteca de Cultura.

Following the restoration of democracy in Argentina, she was pardoned from charges of corruption during her presidency and returned in May 1984 to participate in policy talks arranged by President Raúl Alfonsín and opposition leaders.

It was last cleaned in 1984 under the supervision of the American conservator John Brealey, to remove a " yellow veil " of dust that had gathered since the previous restoration in the 19th century.

* The soundtrack to Giorgio Moroder's 1984 restoration of Fritz Lang's 1926 classic Metropolis features Benatar performing two versions of the movie's love song " Here's My Heart "

The line of the canal below Barugh has remained largely intact, and in April 1984, the Barnsley Canal Group was formed, with the aim of campaigning for the restoration of the canal.

After being daubed with yellow paint, allegedly by students, on General Election night in 1979, and being hit by a car in 1984, restoration became critical.

The restoration of the main prayer hall was begun in 1984.

Following a thorough restoration in 1984, the Palace became Queen Beatrix ’ s workplace and office for all political and stately affairs that she needs to work on.

Since 1984 Cadw has funded a substantial amount of restoration performed by the Pembrokeshire National Park Authority.

The first stage of restoration, the work upon Michelangelo ’ s lunettes, was achieved in October 1984.

In 1923 the castle was sold, and changed hands several times until 1984, when restoration work began.

Years later, critical re-evaluation of Peckinpah's film would lead many to regard it as one of his major works, a revisionist view aided by the restoration of Peckinpah's original cut in 1984.

After the Cultural Revolution, the government spent ¥ 150, 000 for a second restoration in 1984 and 1986.

During its restoration in 1984, the locomotive was the subject of a ' spoof ' by Steam Railway magazine.

In November 2006 local companies Langtree and McLean announced plans for the site that will see more than 1, 000 new homes built around the cleared dome area, as well as the restoration of the original gardens created for the festival in 1984.

The pavilions from the end of the pier were taken ashore in 1982 for storage in anticipation of eventual restoration ; insufficient funds were available to complete restoration and the first stage was to open the Toll House as an exhibition centre in 1984.