Xerox Star computer system circa 1982. A predecessor of modern computer systems.
Xerox Star computer system. This was an amazing machine.
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Apple copied Xerox GUI and why modern games have lost their magic.
There are many people that say Apple invented the computer mouse as well as the windows and icons interface but the Xerox Star computer system from 1981 had that long before the Apple Macintosh computer had desktop icons and a mouse. There was even a demonstration of video conferencing and…
Read MoreHow the personal computer has evolved through the ages. How things have changed since the early days.
The personal computer has changed so much since the early days of the computer. The earliest true computer, the ENIAC was a massive machine that took up a warehouse. This massive machine used vacuum tubes to perform calculations instead of the modern silicon chips that the computers of today use….
Read MoreSteve Jobs leaving quite a legacy.
After co-founding Apple computers corporation in 1976, Steve Jobs he helped create the whole personal computer revolution and enable homes and schools to have simple and easy to use computers that revolutionized the world of education and home businesses. In the year of 1984, he once again revolutionized the world…
Read MoreWindows 1.0 in Virtual PC. A look at Windows 1.0 and the new features it offered.
http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2011/052611-windows-1.html [http://www.networkworld.com] This is an interesting article where someone has gotten Windows 1.0 installed in a Virtual Machine on a modern Windows machine and taken a look at the applications that were shipped with the release of this ancient operating system. Now this is a blast from the past, Windows…
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