1982

Andropov comes to power in the Soviet Union after the death of Brezhnev, and Reagan is elected US President. Falklands War. Time magazine chooses computer as " Man of the Year".

In Finland, the 1970s technical-university Univac 1108 mainframe is taken out of use

The European Unix Users Group (EUUG) sets up the Eunet network, which initially transmits e-mail via UUCP (Unix to Unix Copy) links using dial-up modems. Users have to include in the mailing address the route from one machine to the other: computer1!computer2!computer3!user
Sun Microsystems begins manufacturing Unix workstations that use TCP/IP and the Ethernet. This adds to the popularity of TCP/IP in Finnish research laboratories.
Intel releases the 286 processor
The Commodore 64 is launched
The Finnish State Computer Centre's (VTKK) Scientific Calculation Unit (now CSC - Tieteellinen laskenta Oy) employs the first data-communications expert, to collaborate with the technical universities and to monitor international developments in data communications.
Helsinki University of Technology acquires the COM computer-conferencing software, which is later developed into PortaCOM and superCOM