This range was introduced in 1985 with the Minolta Maxxum 7000, and culminated with the professional ( 1997 ) later made in a titanium body ( 9Ti ) and technically advanced 7 ( 1999 ).

The Sony Alpha range has remained compatible with all Minolta AF system lenses, and most accessories, from 1985 onwards.

* 1985: The Minolta Maxxum 7000 Alpha Mount Camera becomes the world's first autofocus 35mm SLR with in-camera autofocus motor.

The Minolta MAXXUM 7000 ( 7000 AF in Europe ) 35mm SLR camera was introduced in 1985.

The FA picked up a reputation for unreliability ( for a Nikon ) and ultimately did not sell as well as hoped because, by the time production got rolling, its technology was eclipsed in the public's imagination by the advent of autofocusing SLRs-especially the landmark Minolta Maxxum 7000 in 1985.

It also survived the dramatic electronic growth of the M-series in the wake of the 1976 introduction of the landmark Canon AE-1, the autofocus ( AF ) SLR camera revolution following the landmark Minolta Maxxum 7000 in 1985 and the point-and-shoot ( P / S ) revolution following the confluence of cheap microchip electronics, high speed film and small aperture zoom lenses circa 1990.

In 1985 Minolta introduced the Maxxum 7000 ( Dynax 7000 in Europe and Asia ), the world's first body-integrated autofocus SLR.

He was a pioneer in computer-generated art using Amiga computers that were introduced in 1985, just before his death in 1987.

Practice of Universal precautions was introduced in 1985 – 88.

In June 1985, the computer readable CD-ROM ( read-only memory ) and, in 1990, CD-Recordable were introduced, also developed by both Sony and Philips.

The BBC also introduced a new prime time soap opera, EastEnders in 1985.

** Commodore Amiga, a family of personal computers introduced to the market in 1985 after Commodore International purchased the original developers, Amiga Corporation

** Commodore 128 ( or C128, CBM 128, or C = 128 ), a home / personal computer introduced in January 1985, the last 8-bit machine commercially released by Commodore Business Machines

By way of contrast, when introduced in 1985, the Amiga had compared favorably against 286-based systems with EGA graphics and rudimentary sound capabilities that frequently cost 2 – 3 times as much.

Ethernet was commercially introduced in 1980 and standardized in 1985 as IEEE 802. 3.

The Bank of New Zealand introduced EFTPOS to New Zealand in 1985 through a pilot scheme with petrol stations.

Between 1983 and 1985, the government of Honduras — pumped up by massive infusions of external borrowing — had introduced expensive, high-tech infrastructure projects.

The Intel 80386, also known as the i386, or just 386, was a 32-bit microprocessor introduced by Intel in 1985.

In 1985, Sega's third-person arcade rail shooter game Space Harrier introduced a true analog flight stick, used for movement.

On January 19, 1985, he introduced Rich Little at the nationally-televised 50th Presidential Inaugural Gala, the day before the second inauguration of Ronald Reagan.

The 68HC000, the first CMOS version of the 68000, was designed by Hitachi and jointly introduced in 1985.

The 68HC11 ( 6811 or HC11 for short ) is an 8-bit microcontroller ( µC ) family introduced by Motorola in 1985.

The Chevrolet Astro / GMC Safari and Ford Aerostar were introduced for the 1985 model year with FR layout.

However, its exchange-traded fund tracks the large-cap NASDAQ-100 index, which was introduced in 1985 alongside the NASDAQ 100 Financial Index.

The first model, introduced in 1985, was the Pad-8.

* 1985 – Term Object Database first introduced

National Geographic magazine introduced the American cultured pearl as a commercial product in their August 1985 issue.

From 1985 onwards, the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who sought to enact liberal reforms in the Soviet system, introduced the policies of glasnost ( openness ) and perestroika ( restructuring ) in an attempt to end the period of economic stagnation in the country and democratise the government.

In April 1985, Nike introduced its own brand of basketball shoe which would become popular in its own right, the Air Jordan, named after the then-rookie Chicago Bulls basketball player, Michael Jordan.

* 1985 – Capital gains tax was introduced in Australia, one of a number of tax reforms by the Hawke / Keating government.

The practice was introduced in 1985 – 88.

Cruijff returned in 1985 as the new manager and Ajax ended the season with 120 goals, of which 37 were from van Basten.

In April 1985 Sakharov started a new hunger strike for his wife to travel abroad for medical treatment.

In 1985, Andersson produced and released an album with brother and sister Anders and Karin Glenmark, featuring new songs by Andersson / Ulvaeus.

The band and their producer Mike Thorne had gone back into the studio in early 1985 to record a new single, " Run From Love ".

In 1985 the CRMN was dissolved, and Kolingba named a new cabinet with increased civilian participation, signaling the start of a return to civilian rule.

In 1985, ANSI published still another revised version that had new features not in the 1974 standard, most notably structured language constructs (" scope terminators "), including,,, etc.

Following the death of terminally ill Konstantin Chernenko, the Politburo elected Mikhail Gorbachev to the position of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ( CPSU ) in March 1985, marking the rise of a new generation of leadership.

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.

To maintain the momentum of the perceived commercial interest in this new investment opportunity, in 1983, the Government itself granted eleven interim franchises for new broadband systems each covering a community of up to around 100, 000 homes, but the competitive franchising process was otherwise left to the new regulatory body, the Cable Authority, which took on its powers from January 1, 1985.

Supplements such as Battlesystem ( 1985 & 1989 ) and a new edition of Chainmail ( 2001 ) provided rule systems to handle battles between armies by using miniatures.

In 1985, the new port facilities were completed, and the USS Saratoga ( CV-60 ) was the first aircraft carrier to tie up.

In the 1970s and 1980s, new concerti included Nino Rota's Divertimento for Double Bass and Orchestra ( 1973 ), Jean Françaix's Concerto ( 1975 ), Einojuhani Rautavaara's Angel Of Dusk ( 1980 ), Gian Carlo Menotti's Concerto ( 1983 ), Christopher Rouse's Concerto ( 1985 ), and Henry Brant's Ghost Nets ( 1988 ).

However, by 1985, several company business decisions, including an awkward new breakfast menu and loss in brand awareness due to fizzled marketing efforts, caused the company ’ s new president to urge Thomas back into a more active role with Wendy's.

Pioneers such as Horace Ové had been working in 1970s ( Pressure, 1975, funded by the British Film Institute ), but the 1980s saw a wave of new talent, with films like Babylon ( 1980 ), Burning an Illusion ( 1981 ), Majdhar ( 1985 ) and Ping Pong ( 1986-one of the first films about Britain's Chinese community ).

New World's budget breakdown for Godzilla 1985 is as follows: $ 500, 000 to lease the film from Toho, $ 200, 000 for filming the new scenes and other revisions, and $ 2, 500, 000 for prints and advertising, adding up to a grand total of approximately $ 3, 200, 000.

On May 30, 1985, after nine months of debate, the Constituent Assembly finished drafting a new constitution, which took effect immediately.

Sampson ( 1985 ) suggests that: " Evidently the order of the alphabet was felt to be such a concrete thing that a new letter could be added in the middle only if a ' space ' was created by the dropping of an old letter.

In the 1985 close season, Lineker was sold to defending league champions Everton for £ 800, 000, and scored 40 goals in 57 games for his new team.

After leaving TSR in 1985 over issues with its new majority owner, Gygax continued to create role-playing game titles independently, beginning with the multi-genre Dangerous Journeys in 1992.

In 1985, Mike Scott learned a new pitch, the split-finger fastball.