This section provides an introduction of VisiCalc, the first spreadsheet application, for Apple II computers, developed by Dan Bricklin and released in 1979
This section provides a quick introduction of Apple II, the world's first personal computer designed and built by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
1979 - SIGGRAPH '79 exhibitor - RDS-2000 introduction RDS-2000 "Image Memory & Video Control" RDS-2000 "Ikonas Processor & Sequencer" RDS-2000 "System Configuration Guide" more info and photos to be added some day 1980-82 - RDS-3000 Introduction - See "Summary of RDS-2000/RDS-3000 Diff...
When I returned to Univac in 1979 after working 26 years at Burroughs, I renewed my friendship with Tony Occhiolini who then kindly provided me with the three staff pictures of the early days (1948) from the company archives. The pictures were taken at the Eckert-Mauchly plant at Broad and...
Despite the number of new sets created for the film, the production once again reused old material, including turbolift wall sections dating back to 1979's Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Sections of the starship Voyager from Star Trek: Voyager were cannibalized for the film, as filming was ...
1979 Microvision was the first hand-held LCD-based game console commercially released. It was distributed by Milton-Bradley and featured interchangeable game cartridges. One of these, (Cosmic Hunter – 1981) featured a 4-way movement capability, manipulated by the player’s thumb on the four butt...
That was 1979. But I didn't use it much. The first computer I took home had a "Turbo" button on it. If you didn't push the button, it ran at 6Mhz, to let games run that depended on timing. I wasn't too long after that when I got a laptop. I think it was 20MHz, maybe...
The name Etan Patz has become a hot topic on Twitter as peopleweigh in on the case. Shirley Brady noted: “As mom to a 6 years old in Soho, it’s still held out by locals as cautionary tale (警示故事).” Another wrote, “Boy who disappeared on his way to school in 1979 has bee...
form of the martial arts that is primarily defensive and centered around the concepts of peace and unity. The curiosity about Japan and the Far East that he inherited from his mother, combined with his own studies in Aikido, compelled Fernandez to leave Silicon Valley for Japan in 1979. ...
Brian listed the major innovations in pinball's history - the first tilt mechanism in 1934, the first pop bumper in 1937, flippers arrived in 1947, slingshots in 1951, drop targets in 1962, the first non-relay game in 1975, the first talking game in 1979, the first use of a dot-matr...