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Usenet creator Jim Ellis dies

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/2001-06-29-ellis-usenet.htm

of Usenet, which linked computers and allowed people to share information and reply to messages. Usenet began in 1979 when Ellis and another Duke graduate student, Tom Truscott, t
Usenet creator Jim Ellis dies HARMONY, Pa. (AP) — Jim Ellis, who helped create the information-sharing electronic bulletin boards that predated the World Wide Web, has died. H

COMPUTERCRAFT - Computer Noise

http://www.computercraft.com/docs/computernoise.shtml

| REFERENCE | USENET Computers basically make two kinds of noises that cause concern: clattering sounds and clicks. The computer makes a clattering sound when started up in a cold
What computer noises mean - weird noise from the computer - What to do when the computer starts making noise

The story of Mel

http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/mel.html

sounded funny and Real Computers were made out of drums and vacuum tubes, Real Programmers wrote in machine code. Not Fortran. Not RATFOR. Not, even, assembly language. Machine Co

Yarchive

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Bicycles Cars Chemistry Computers Electrical, Electronic Environment Explosives, Pyrotechnics Food Houses Guns Jokes Medicine Metalworking Military Nuclear Telephones Physics Risk

Great Green Room: A Partial History of Computer Conferencing in Ann Arbor

http://greatgreenroom.org/item_19.html

study methods of using computers in education. He started experimenting with existing computer conferencing systems in 1972, but found them expensive and restrictive to use. In re

Index: if-archive/games

http://ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archive/games/

on certain types of computers, including PC , Mac , or Amiga . Some games were entered into competitions , including IFComp or Spring Thing . You can also find the original source

intro

https://srobb.net/

us who have dealt with computers and the internet for awhile have all had this experience--our friend calls, and says, 'Guess what? I'm finally hooked up to the internet and got 5

Welcome to the Retrocomputing Archive!

http://www.retroarchive.org/

the IBM PC and PC/XT computers. See PC Hardware & Software Documentation

Why? - 10kB Gallery

https://10kb.neocities.org/about/why

times were simple. Computers were owned by the rich and the nerdy — the programs created by the select few who had the privilege and the time to spend on the magic box that we cal

Language Log

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/

and keep it updated. Computers have become easier to use in various ways since the beginning of the decade: They no longer need periodic reboots almost daily. You can run multiple

SenseAntisense - Site Sightings

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Raspberry Pi Vintage Computers - Collector's Weekly Vintage Computer Sale Email exchange between Edward Snowden and former GOP Senator Gordon Humphrey For a Future-Friendly Web U.
SenseAntisense is a collection of curated works and notes.

Jeff Duntemann's Wardriving FAQ

http://www.drivebywifiguide.com/wardrivingfaq.htm

The kid was looking for computers supporting online games and had no strong intent to "break into" anything—the problems that developed lay with an essentially unde
"Wardriving" is the process of gathering statistics on Wi-Fi hotspots by sensing Wi-Fi access points without connecting to them. This FAQ explains what it's about, why i


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