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The 17 best educational games of the 70s, 80s and 90s
A proper educationIf you grew up in America during the 1970s, 80s, or 90s, it’s likely that you played at least one educational computer game—either at school, at home, or even on your mom or dad’s...
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9 awesome photos of school computer labs from the 1980s
Remember floppy discs?Image by Kathy Yakal/ComputeThe dawn of the personal computer in the 1970s promised the greatest change in American instructional methods since the 19th century—which is when...
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Windows turns 30: A visual tour of Windows through the ages
A brief history of WindowsImage by Rob SchultzMove over, MS-DOS. On November 20, 1985, Microsoft released version 1.0 of the graphical desktop operating system known as Windows, and the world of...
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Retro Tech: Exploring the lost world of Prodigy
Remember when...From 1988 to 1996, IBM and Sears jointly operated a graphically rich online service called Prodigy, which allowed users from all over the United States to dial in and view weather,...
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Retro Tech: Exploring the TI-99/4A
An inexpensive but capable home computerFamed calculator maker Texas Instruments’ first stab at the home computer market arrived in 1979 with the flawed TI-99/4, which included a poor keyboard, no...
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Retro Tech: Classic point-and-click adventure games for kids
Retro adventures for kidsImage by Benj EdwardsWhen I’m not writing about the history of video games or computers, my days are completely filled by my other job—being the father of two bright and...
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Tested: The RetroUSB AVS, a high-def 8-bit NES remake
NES remixed and remasteredImage by Benj EdwardsBefore the transition to HD TV sets, retrogaming was as easy as hooking up an old console and turning it on. But today’s modern sets tend to mangle the...
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Windows 3.1: Twenty-five years later, it's still a Microsoft milestone
Happy Birthday, Windows 3.1Imagine a world without the Start button. No, I'm not talking about Windows 8. Dig deep into your memory, and you may recall a time when Windows 3.1 ruled the...
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Birth of a standard: The Intel 8086 microprocessor turns 40 today
The release of Intel’s 8086 microprocessor in 1978 was a watershed moment for personal computing. The DNA of that chip is likely at the center of whatever computer—Windows, Mac, or Linux—you’re using...
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This RetroPie really happened: Watch (above) as our own Adam Patrick Murray and Alaina Yee build a RetroPie system after they weren’t able to buy an SNES Classic. Go ahead, laugh at (and learn from)...
View Article8 ways the iMac changed computing
Editor’s note: 21 years ago today, Apple officially released the iMac. To commemorate the anniversary, we are reposting this article that originally appeared on the iMac’s tenth anniversary on August...
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