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Category: History

1970s Stationary Catalogue

Posted on September 2, 2022  in History, Interesting, Miscellaneous

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Category: History

Radio Shack’s First PC: 45 Years of TRS-80

Posted on August 3, 2022  in Computers, History

45 years ago, Radio Shack released the TRS-80 Micro Computer System, a 1977 personal computer that launched an era of low-cost PCs along with computers from Apple and Commodore. Here’s what was special about it.

Source: Radio Shack’s First PC: 45 Years of TRS-80

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“Atari Was Very, Very Hard” Nolan Bushnell on Atari, 50 Years Later

Posted on June 27, 2022  in Computers, History

It’s been 50 years since Nolan Bushnell co-founded Atari, which brought video games to the mainstream. To celebrate, we asked Bushnell what he learned during the early years—and what we’ve lost sight of since then.

Source: “Atari Was Very, Very Hard” Nolan Bushnell on Atari, 50 Years Later

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Wendin-DOS : The forgotten multi-tasking, multi-user DOS clone from the 1980s.

Posted on May 25, 2022  in Computers, History

Produced by a small team, and lost to the sands of time… until now.

Source: Wendin-DOS : The forgotten multi-tasking, multi-user DOS clone from the 1980s.

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Achtung! How Wolfenstein 3D Shocked the World, 30 Years Later

Posted on May 6, 2022  in Computers, Gaming, History

Thirty years ago today, id Software released Wolfenstein 3D, a thrilling first-person shooter game set during World War II. It broke new ground for action-based PC games and continued a string of growing successes for id Software. With help from John Carmack, John Romero, and Tom Hall, we’ll take a look at what made it special.

Source: Achtung! How Wolfenstein 3D Shocked the World, 30 Years Later

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Category: History

The Strangely Successful History of People Mailing Themselves in Boxes

Posted on January 27, 2022  in History, Interesting

Source: The Strangely Successful History of People Mailing Themselves in Boxes

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Egyptian pharaoh’s mummified body gives up its secrets after 3,500 years

Posted on December 28, 2021  in History, Interesting

Amenhotep I ‘unwrapped’ digitally by Cairo scientists, revealing details from his grave jewellery to his teeth

Source: Egyptian pharaoh’s mummified body gives up its secrets after 3,500 years

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How the FBI Discovered a Real-Life Indiana Jones in, of All Places, Rural Indiana

Posted on October 27, 2021  in History, Interesting

A 90-year-old amateur archaeologist who claimed to have detonated the first atomic bomb was also one of the most prolific grave robbers in modern American history.

Source: How the FBI Discovered a Real-Life Indiana Jones in, of All Places, Rural Indiana

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Category: History

Commodore 65

Posted on October 14, 2021  in Computers, History, Uncategorized

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Incredible Drone Photos Offer Bird’s-Eye View of Giza’s Pyramids

Posted on August 27, 2021  in History

You’ve never seen the pyramids like this before.

Source: Incredible Drone Photos Offer Bird’s-Eye View of Giza’s Pyramids

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