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	ShirkyL Social Computing In Student Populations
		In the same way, any computer with an "outside line" to the Internet is as good as any other for checking email, even if someone else owns that computer and they've got their own programs on the hard drive.
		If computers are social objects like phones are, then any computer is their computer as long as their hands are on the keyboard.
		A student on a wired campus, with computers in the classroom and the dorm room, sooner or later realizes that it is easier to save their work on the network or email it to themselves than to carry disks or even laptops back and forth.
	www.shirky.com /writings/students.html (1864 words)

	History of Homecomputers 1980-1983 (story from Ace magazine)
		Your home computer would have taken days hunched over a hot soldering iron to assemble and you wouldn't be thinking of playing games with it.
		What has dramatically changed computers into the colourful, fast, sophisticated machines of today are the advances made in terms of graphic processing, of dedicated graphics and sound chips, such as the early examples in the Commodore 64 to those of the Amiga today.
		This was the computer's first real entry into the high street multiples, and it gave home computing some much needed credibility as a leisure pursuit.
	home.wanadoo.nl /hessel.meun/ace/acetext.htm (2910 words)

	Computers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		One consequence of such a short history and rapid change is that, although it is beyond question that computers produce a variety of strong electrical and magnetic fields, there is still much room for debate as to the precise effects on health of all the various emissions.
		Of the remainder of the computer, the only part likely to emit noticeable fields is the hard disk drive which usually runs continuously while the computer is switched on and which will be part of almost all desk-top and portable machines.
		Computers should be located so that other people using the room will be at least 3-4ft.
	www.leyman.demon.co.uk /07_Computers.html (2383 words)

	Do Computers Matter?
		It is therefore tempting to speculate that Picasso might have found computers more provocative had they reached in his time a measure of their current evolutionary maturity.
		The true measure of the impact of computers is their penetration into that ultimate arena of human acceptance, the home.
		As the '80s wore on, the industrial landscape was littered with failed attempts to crack the mainstream.
	www.ibiblio.org /cmc/mag/1995/jan/jerram.html (882 words)

	Vintage Computers - Your online directory for vintage items (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The mission of the Vintage Computer Festival is to promote the preservation of 'obsolete' computers by offering people a chance to experience the technologies, people and stories that embody the remarkable tale of the computer revolution.
		The mission of the Vintage Computer Festival is to promote the preservation of 'obsolete' computers by offering attendees a chance to experience the technologies, people and stories that embody the remarkable tale of the computer revolution.
		Computers that are gathering dust could be rare and valuable; experts list their picks for the real finds.
	vintage.fbkg.com /index.php?k=vintage-computers (1200 words)

	Harold Carr - Technology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		John Carter is doing research in "surrogate" computing that allows users to dynamically locate, allocate and exploit resources in surrogate computers.
		I've been invited by the University of Utah School of Computing to speak in their Industry Forum class on February 11, 2005 at 11:40am.
		Computational algorithms communicate methods used in the analysis of dynamical phenomena.
	haroldcarr.net /computers (6809 words)

	HOME (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Since 20 year olds will live into their 80s (on average) the insurance company is taking some market risk on future bond rates (that is they are expecting bond rates to be at least 4%, and recently some long term bonds have dropped pretty close to those levels.
		The computer, more specifically, the big mainframe, came into the picture, and allowed an insurance company to now match interest returns on bonds with specific insurance policies, and share most of the yield on bonds with the insured.
		The insurance company, with the use of its high-powered computers, allows the investor to invest in mutual funds through subaccounts that are within the umbrella of the variable insurance policy.
	www.cmawizards.com /insurance.htm (6555 words)

	[duncan] BCS Glasgow Branch Talk - December 1999...
		Duncan Smeed has taught Computer Architecture and Design to over 1,000 students in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Strathclyde in the past 15 years.
		Prior to (re-)joining the Department in the mid-1980s, Duncan had helped establish Dragon Data as one of the most successful UK home computer manufacturers of the early-80s.
		Home computers like the Dragon 32 were amongst the first consumer products to be built from the microprocessors of the day and heralded the dawn of modern-day products now totally dependent on the 'Ubiquitous Chip'.
	www.cis.strath.ac.uk /~dunc/bcs/talkdec1999 (237 words)

	Filling the '80s micro magazines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Atari Computing ran a conversion of my Shop Steward game without crediting me as the author; I later found out that they paid the person who did the conversion £100, which was a tenner more than I got for the original, and got them to agree to pay me the same.
		Listings were popular in the early days of home computing because superficially, they offered something for nothing - or a £5 or £10 value for the price of a mag - usually less than a quid - plus some 'interesting' time typing it in.
		Most early home computer enthusiasts were accustomed to writing or adapting software in some way, to suit their machines.
	simon.mooli.org.uk /AF/article/magazine.html (3868 words)

	Home/Work Computers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This was my first computer, that I got back in 1983.
		Like most of Sir Clive Sinclair work, this computer was full of innovative ideas some good and some bad.
		Some years ago I purchased a HP 85 which was actually the first computer I ever programmed on.
	www.xyzzy.nu /Stefan/Computers.html (506 words)

	80s Music - Songs about computers and computer games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Computers started to enter everyday life in the 1980s.
		In previous decades, they had made some inroads, but it wasn't until the arrival of the Apple II, Macintosh, Commodore 64 and Intel 086 that computers became common-place in the home.
		On top of these systems, there was also a dramatic rise in arcade and home video games.
	www.eightyeightynine.com /music/computermusic.html (177 words)

	computers - OneLook Dictionary Search
		computers : Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
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	From Home Computers to a Real Computer
		I would never have imagined the giant step that in the early '80s took me from "home computers" to what then was a real "monster machine," a Mac SE.
		At twenty-something, in the full spring of home computing, small but nice little digital creatures, called Sinclair Spectrum, Commodore 64, and MSX, I created games for people of all ages to enjoy the challenge with their own computers at home.
		I had heard of a computer called Macintosh, and watched a TV serial about it, but it was like a dream to me, such a beautiful thing.
	www.lowendmac.com /first/16.shtml (1477 words)

	ClassicGaming.com: Mailbag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		What a machine...it came with BASIC built in, a cartidge slot, you could connect a tape recorder as a storage device, and there were a ton of peripherals.
		It had great games, and a sound system that murders any other computers from back then and is even more capable than the Adlib card for PC (the C64's SID was capable of filters, which boosted the flexability considerably).
		I have to say that my favorite of the 80's home computers was the Commodore 64.
	www.classicgaming.com /mailbag/mail054.shtml (1470 words)

	BBC - South Yorkshire Music - The Fuzztival, Fuzz Club, Sheffield University Student Union
		He writes songs about mid-80s home computers, the school-time trauma that causes him to hate The Smiths, and what he's going to do when he's 'in charge'.
		From this spectacle of rock to the next act was a case of out of the frying pan and into the Firegarden.
		Their sound was very sludgy, so it was difficult to judge their songs, but with retro-rock the new old thing, it's hard to see Firegarden not riding at least a small section of that wave.
	www.bbc.co.uk /southyorkshire/music/2003/11/fuzztival.shtml (1377 words)

	MotheringDotCommune Forums - How many computers do you have in your home?
		People just kept giving them their old junky computers, and he would pick up old Apples from the '80s at the thrift store.
		I did count his work laptop in that total because as soon as he gets home he sets it up either in the LR or the office and does use it for personal things as well.
		The joys of being married to a computer geek.
	www.mothering.com /discussions/printthread.php?t=244895 (822 words)

	Retro Games - 80's Home Computers museum page. TRS-80, PET, Commodore, Sinclair Spectrum, Acorn BBC Micro
		Many a parent introduced their children to computers in the early 80's hoping it would help with the homework or turn them into computer programmers, imagine their dissapointment when they proved to be great for playing games.
		Commodore's first computer featured a 1 mHz proccessor and 4k RAM and one of the first computers to have its own built in monitor.
		A very popular computer here in UK as it was widely used in schools, but it didn't really make much of an impact in the home market.
	www.retro-games.co.uk /museum/homecomputers.htm (601 words)

	80sNostalgia.com ::
		I remember that!'' as we take a trip down memory lane of the 80s, with a bit of the 70s chucked in for good measure as well.
		The 80s were the time that computers began to become popular.
		You know you were a true child of the 80s when...
	www.80snostalgia.com (630 words)

	Retrocomputing Computers, Directory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		ECCOLine Web BBS for the ECCO dinosaur computer support club, which provides support to users of orphaned home computers.
		Eric Smith's Retrocomputing page This is a veritable "home museum" covering the personal computer from the PDP-11 and the IBM 5100 onwards...
		Old Computer Projects This site is dedicated to the millions of unused old computers.
	www.wacofdn.org /d2RjXzU3ODA0.aspx (476 words)

	Oscar's Vintage Computer Collection
		I started collecting computers in the mid 80s, when the first generation of micro computers became 'space junk' for most people.
		I think that anyone who wants to understand computers from the ground up, should start by digging in to CP/M - it still is the best introduction to the simplest form of a fully functional, 'modern' PC.
		Little known outside their UK home market, these great Z80 laptops were introduced in the early 90s well after the end of the CP/M era.
	www.geocities.com /homeofoscarvermeulen/computers.html (2850 words)

	Computers Hardware Historical Retrocomputing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		ECCOLine - Web BBS for the ECCO dinosaur computer support club, which provides support to users of orphaned home computers.
		Eric Smith's Retrocomputing page - This is a veritable "home museum" covering the personal computer from the PDP-11 and the IBM 5100 onwards...
		Old Computer Projects - This site is dedicated to the millions of unused old computers.
	www.iper1.com /iper1-odp/scat/id/Computers/Hardware/Historical/Retrocomputing (469 words)

	disjointed.org - computers Archives
		Bjarne Stroustrup named IEEE Fellow (23:10) - "For contributions to the creaton of the C++ programming language and its applications" Stroustrup's webpage which seems to be fairly recently updated, at least with news of his promotion to IEEE Fellow.
		So he's put his money where his mouth is, and started a robotics firm to pioneer the journey from warehouse drones to Robo Sapiens....
		Use it to archive your old cassette tapes of 80s hair bands into digital media files for playback on your PC.
	www.disjointed.org /archives/computers (1524 words)

	Computers Software & Supplies home page
		As a New York-based funk band that had a string of minor RandB hits on Atlantic Records during the late '70s and early '80s.
		Members of the touring band "The Universal Robot Band" (originally a studio concept in 1976) teamed up on their own as "Kleeer", and played on many of the so-called 'loft classics' such as "Jingo", "Thousand Finger Man" and "Dancing and Prancing" for Candido.
		Kleeer who toured the world through the 70s and 80s notching up heavy duty sales of albums "I Love To Dance", "Winners", "License To Dream", "Intimate Connection" and "Seeekret".The Kleeer sound continued into the 90s with "Delicious" for the Image label.
	www.damacmusic.com /opti08.htm (327 words)

	The TRS-80 Home Page - The Model 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		One of the reasons it was developed was because the FCC instituted regulations about the RF emissions generated by computers (and other electronic devices).
		The Model 1 was completely unshielded (a fact many owners who also like TV and/or radio discovered the hard way), and was unable to pass the emission restrictions.
		There were a number of hardware additions you could make to the Model 3, most notably a hard disk controller and hard disks.
	www.kjsl.com /trs80/model3info.html (654 words)

	Byte Cellar :: The Vintage Computing Weblog / Forum
		This is my retro computing website which serves as both a journal of my various, related projects and as a general retro computing news site with forums.
		A winner of the Turing Award, Kay created the first object oriented programming language, Smalltalk, conceived of the Dynabook concept which is the basis for the laptop/tablet computer of today, and is widely considered to be the father of the graphical user interface.
		(NASA's Columbia supercomputer, currently the most powerful computer in the world, is capable of 42.7 trillion operations per second and is built from SGI Altix sysems, driven by 10,240 Itanium 2 processors.) Sadly, it has been a downhill slide in a hostile market for SGI since the mid 90s.
	www.bytecellar.com (2191 words)

	Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Whether you're creating a craft, remodeling a home, or planting the perfect garden, the DIY Network gives you the details you need, and the DIY Web site lets you see it again, print it out and take it with you.
		HGTV presents some of America's best home builders, decorators, gardeners, and craft experts, as they provide practical information and creative ideas to help people make the most of their lives at home.
		The shows help viewers improve their computer knowledge and participate more fully in the digital age.
	www.ptsi.net /ditv/ditvnetwork.htm (1233 words)

	Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		For the "stressed manager", the HABIMAT is a perfect implement, more a personal computer than a telephone, however as easy and efficient in its handling as a simple telephone.
		A variety of modules and options guarantee workplace-specific solutions including networking with computers.
		In the 80s, thanks to innovative ideas, HABIMAT made a name for itself with dialling equipment in the European markets.
	www.habimat.ch /wirE.htm (193 words)

	Computers Internet History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		History of the Internet: Internet for Historians - This overview by Richard T. Griffiths covers the development of computers, ArpaNet, email, search engines and Basic Net Data.
		The Role of Government in the Evolution of the Internet - Robet E. Kahn's contribution to "Revolution in the U.S. Information Structure", published in 1994 by the National Academy of Sciences.
		80s BBS - Yahoo group dedicated to the preservation of the history of the online world in the days before the Web (pre-1990).
	www.qmme.com /find/Computers/Internet/History (728 words)

	The Burrow - Gordon Houghton's Zzap!World page - Zzap! Test (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		If anyone out there read the original Zzap!Italia, it didn't stop at the C64: PC Engine, Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, MSX, and a host of other computers and consoles were looked at over the years.
		I always think it's nice to look at different versions of games across the formats, it makes some really interesting reading: you could then find out whether that Spectrum game really was better than the Amiga one, and it would make you seek that version out.
		It's only early on in Zzap!Test's life, but the computers looked at so far have included the C64, Spectrum, Atari ST and Amiga.
	www.the-burrow.freeserve.co.uk /zzap/zzapworld/zzaptest.html (829 words)

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