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The Early History Of Smalltalk

https://worrydream.com/EarlyHistoryOfSmalltalk/

interactive time-shared computers, graphics screens and pointing devices. Advanced computer languages were invented to simulate complex systems such as oil refineries and semi-int

Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web - Neustadt.fr

https://neustadt.fr/essays/against-a-user-hostile-web/

network that allowed computers around the world to communicate—was already in place but it remained inaccessible to most people. You had to know how to use a local client to conne
We are quietly replacing an open web that connects and empowers with one that restricts and commoditizes people. We need to stop it.

Frequently asked questions - FAQ

http://www.visualvision.com/create_a_web_site_manual/your_own_website_creation_software_00002f.htm

are universal on all computers?   Yes, Times New Roman, Arial and Courier New. If the user has MSWindows+Office usually also Verdana and some others. It is not possible to di
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6502

http://www.crbond.com/6502.html

early 6502 single board computers such as the KIM-1, but implemented in software and  providing additional features made possible by the Windows operating system.   

The rEFInd Boot Manager: Installing and Uninstalling rEFInd

http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/installing.html

properly supports these computers, so multi-booting them is definitely a "bleeding edge" activity. Warning: Many computers today ship with Secure Boot active. Most of the installa

The Abort Guidance System

http://www.ibiblio.org/apollo/yaAGS.html

-- James Tomayko, Computers in Space Flight The AEA (the computer) had the following characteristics: 10000 (octal) words of memory.  The lower 4000 (octal) words were "tempo

Getting updates and software for old Windows - skipster1337's Site

https://skipster1337.github.io/posts/windows-software.html

that I find useful on computers running old Windows versions. Most of everything that makes up this list is taken from this document (which you can find on the r/windowsxp sidebar

Computer Demos - The Story So Far

https://mlab.taik.fi/~eye/demos/

work in the organizers' computers. The biggest demo parties are: Assembly (held in Finland on July-August) The Party (held in Denmark few days before New Year) The Gathering (held
An overall introduction to computer demos,demo scene and related issues with lots of links to further information

The System of the World Wide Web

https://www.crummy.com/writing/RESTful-Web-Services/system.html

so much that when computers got cheap enough, they took whatever they could find and built a World Wide Web out of it. As it happened, the web faced two main Internet rivals: a pr

Peter Neumann's Home Page

https://www.csl.sri.com/users/neumann/

of the ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy (CCPP), which I chaired since 1985 -- until it was disbanded in 2018 as part of a complete reorganization of ACM committees. (T

Rediscovering the Small Web - Neustadt.fr

https://neustadt.fr/essays/the-small-web/

aviation, music, art, computers. It reminded me that the creative, personal, fun web I grew up with is not a thing of the past. It’s still here in 2020. You just have to know wher
Most websites today are built like commercial products by professionals and marketers, optimised to draw the largest audience, generate engagement and 'convert'. But there is als

Analog Office - Analog Office

https://analogoffice.net/

is uncomfortable using computers, and right now, his illness is making it difficult for him to focus on apps. Also, my sister – who lives near them, thank goodness – w


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