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The IBM PC, Part 2: Tsunami(technicshistory.com)
3 points by cfmcdonald 7d ago|0 comments
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The IBM PC, Part 2: Tsunami(technicshistory.com)
1 points by cfmcdonald 18d ago|0 comments
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The IBM PC, Part 2: Tsunami(technicshistory.com)
13 points by cfmcdonald 19d ago|0 comments
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The IBM PC, Part 1: Arrival(technicshistory.com)
69 points by cfmcdonald 2mo ago|24 comments
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by cfmcdonald 3mo ago
This seems like an opportunity to celebrate great children's books created with craft and care by humans. I'll start: John Rocco, How We Got to the Moon . ( http://www.howwegottothemoon.com/ )
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Computer Lessons(technicshistory.com)
24 points by cfmcdonald 3mo ago|0 comments
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Computer Lessons(technicshistory.com)
17 points by cfmcdonald 3mo ago|0 comments
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An Apple (II) for Teacher(technicshistory.com)
60 points by cfmcdonald 4mo ago|24 comments
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by cfmcdonald 7mo ago
While writing this post I actually got an itch to buy a Commodore 64 Ultimate, even though I never owned a Commodore 64 before. (I believe I used one once at friend's house.) Nostalgia by contagion.
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The home computer war(technicshistory.com)
55 points by cfmcdonald 7mo ago|25 comments
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by cfmcdonald 7mo ago
I think it's instructive to compare the U.S. and Soviet stances in Europe after WW2. To maintain a military presence in Eastern Europe, the Soviets had to rely on repression, coercion, and occupation. This was expensive and fragile and
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by cfmcdonald 7mo ago
This video [0] shows someone using Gopher (and other common pre-web Internet tools) in the early 90s. I used Gopher when I did a high school summer science camp at Indiana University in 1994. It was a really interesting time of transition w
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by cfmcdonald 8mo ago
Yes, I suck at titles. I'm glad you enjoy the blog.
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by cfmcdonald 8mo ago
Author of the OP here. The "spray" technique was known in the early 80s, if not earlier. It's mentioned in Michael Tomczyk's "Home Computer Wars": > The solution came in several forms. One way was to embed f
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The Home Computer Hybrids: Atari, TI, and the FCC(technicshistory.com)
28 points by cfmcdonald 8mo ago|7 comments
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The Home Computer Hybrids(technicshistory.com)
56 points by cfmcdonald 8mo ago|25 comments
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The Rise of Computer Games, Part II: Digitizing Nerddom(technicshistory.com)
13 points by cfmcdonald 9mo ago|2 comments
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The Rise of Computer Games, Part II: Digitizing Nerddom(technicshistory.com)
4 points by cfmcdonald 9mo ago|0 comments
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The Rise of Computer Games, Part I: Adventure(technicshistory.com)
136 points by cfmcdonald 9mo ago|76 comments
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The Useful Personal Computer(technicshistory.com)
17 points by cfmcdonald 10mo ago|3 comments
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The Useful Personal Computer(technicshistory.com)
2 points by cfmcdonald 11mo ago|0 comments
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The Useful Personal Computer(technicshistory.com)
115 points by cfmcdonald 11mo ago|42 comments
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by cfmcdonald 11mo ago
I think the GP's point is there is no meaningful nutritional difference between a from-scratch cake and a box cake. Both are pretty unhealthy and should be eaten only as special treats. "Ultra-processed" is not a useful way o
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by cfmcdonald 1y ago
It looks like the trend started circa the 1920s in the U.S. Kotex (1920) [0], Kleenex (1924) [1], Kool-Aid (1927) [2], Kool (1933) [3], Krispy Kreme (1934) [4]. Kraft might look like one, but isn't, it's named after James Kraft [5
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by cfmcdonald 1y ago
Author here. Yes I could be more accurate here. It was called just "Apple Computer" in some contexts, e.g. this ad [0]. This manual calls it "Apple-1" on the cover [1], but "Apple Computer" in the contents. But
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Microcomputers – The Second Wave: Toward a Mass Market(technicshistory.com)
74 points by cfmcdonald 1y ago|40 comments
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by cfmcdonald 1y ago
Author here. Thank you for the reference, this is very helpful. The name "Colonel Whitney" came from a 1984 Stan Veit article: https://www.atariarchives.org/deli/computer_magazine_madness... Obviously he misr
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The Hobby Computer Culture(technicshistory.com)
3 points by cfmcdonald 1y ago|1 comments
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The Hobby Computer Culture(technicshistory.com)
187 points by cfmcdonald 1y ago|101 comments
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Microcomputers – The First Wave: Responding to Altair(technicshistory.com)
87 points by cfmcdonald 1y ago|15 comments

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