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Cultural History of the Internet

Cultural History of the Internet

a course at Johns Hopkins University

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September 23, 2023 Uncategorized

Robotics Age: The 1984 Heath Educational Systems

Robotics Age Magazine was published from 1979 to 1986 and covered topics related to robots, vintage computers, and other relevant

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September 22, 2023 Uncategorized

Biggles – The Untold Story

Biggles – The Untold Story is an early computer game released during the success of its counterpart the Biggles movie

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September 22, 2023 Uncategorized

Elon Musk’s “Blastar” for the Spectravideo – PC and Office Technology

The first thing that needs to be addressed when looking at this advertisement is that it simply isn’t eye-catching. There

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September 22, 2023 Uncategorized

Compute! Magazine – The Feeling of Football at Your Fingertips

The Feeling of Football at Your Fingertips When Electronic Arts released the first John Madden Football game in 1988 the

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September 22, 2023 Uncategorized

Better Dead than Alien – Atari’s Ultimate Shoot-em-up Game!

Better Dead than Alien – Atari’s Ultimate Shoot-em-up Game! Released in 1985, the Atari ST (16/32) marked Atari’s entry into

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September 21, 2023 Uncategorized

Softalk magazine’s ‘Holiday Gift Guide’

The December 1983 issue of Softalk magazine leans in heavily to the Christmas spirit, with a cover promising a ‘Holiday

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September 21, 2023 Uncategorized

Crash Magazine and the Capitalism of Computers

The magazine I chose to explore was Crash, a publication spanning from 1984-1991 that primarily focused on games for the

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September 21, 2023 Uncategorized

It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s… the TRS-80 Micro Computer System.

Background: The TRS-80 Micro Computer was one of the early personal computers, introduced in August of 1977 by the parent

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September 20, 2023 Uncategorized

The Last Caretaker of Humanity

Introduction I chose to have ChatGPT write a series of journal entries as if it were a robot attempting to

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September 20, 2023 Uncategorized

The Apple 2

The advertisement is a combination of both pictures and words depicting the Apple 2 computer released in 1985. The advertisement

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