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Tag Archives: computer
Computers and Music
Do you know what the first two digital consumer products available were? The year was 1971. A Sharp brand Calculator, and an Allen Digital Computer Organ. The Allen Digital Computer Organ was often called MOS1, MOS meaning Metal Oxide Semiconductor. … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Stuff, Hardware and All That
Tagged 123, 123-c, 1971, 1979, Allen, Allen Organ Company, computer, Electronic organ, model, mos, mos1, Organ, parts, pictures, transistor
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Instructables: Wallet made from a Keyboard
Fun from the Past, originally from Jan 22, 2010: Wallet made from a Computer Keyboard I ran into this fun, relatively easy and geeky project and thought it would be worth sharing. Check it out! This project is easy to … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Stuff, Hardware and All That, Uncategorized
Tagged computer, instructable, keyboard, wallet
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A Shorter Film about the SAGE Computer
For those of you who do not care to watch the 20 minute documentary about the SAGE computer mentioned in our last article, check this one out from the 1960’s: (2:49) (Still has all the CRT‘s, styluses/light-guns, projectors, and crazy-cool … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Stuff, Hardware and All That
Tagged computer, documentary, explanation, information, sage, system, video
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Man and Computer; SAGE
Computer CRT monitors, printing, computer projectors, styluses, and networks — often, we think these things were invented towards the later half of our computer history, but in fact they have been around for a long time. Built in the 1950’s, … Continue reading
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Tagged computer, History, sage, video
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Image of the Week: IBM 1620
The IBM 1620 Photo by euthman on Flickr Released in October of 1959, the IBM 1620 was focused on the science market as an inexpensive scientific computer.
Image of the Week
The Altair 8800. Photo by “euthman”. Click image for more photo by euthman on Flickr The Altair 8800, one of the first microcomputers to be available to home hobbyists in a “build it yourself” kit. The Altair 8800 changed … Continue reading
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Tagged 8800, altair, Altair 8800, computer, free, image, picture
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Free Image of the Week
Copyright Limited Image of the Week (more information below) Charles Babbage‘s Difference Engine. A mechanical computer. untitled (Jacques Foucry) / CC BY 3.0
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Tagged Charles Babbage, computer, difference, Difference engine, early, engine, History, image, mechanical, photo
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Speeding up your Computer
Republished. Previous date March 2010. Much as we like to purchase new computers because the one purchased last week is already running slow, things can be done to (honestly) speed things up quite a bit. Besides having a good, updated, … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Stuff, Programs and Software
Tagged 7, ccleaner, cleanup, computer, defragmenter, faster, pc, registry, scan, space, speed, spring, virus, Windows, xp
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OpenDNS: Family Shield
A few months ago, I introduced OpenDNS — An advanced DNS service which can help you improve lookup speeds and also filter your Internet using a method that is extremely difficult to bypass. For those of you who want to … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Stuff, Web Services, Application, and Design
Tagged adult, computer, content, family, filter, filtering, malware, network, parental, proxy, shield, Windows
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We Need Ideas!
…because I am completely out! I have run out of things to write about. I just can not think of any. If you have a program you would like to share, or a computer question you would like answered, please … Continue reading
