Until the early 1980's most monitors were terminals. They were boxy video display terminals (VDT's) combined with an attached keyboard. A terminal could be configured to work with just about any computer on the market. (Not that th...

Those of us of a certain age can remember a time when computer gaming signified all the excitement inherent in a game of Pong, that toe-curlingly breathtaking game where one or two players hit a computerized ball against a computerized wall or between tow...

"We started out to get a computer in the hands of everyday people, and we succeeded beyond our wildest dreams." - Steve Jobs, Co-Founder of Apple Computer Inc., 1976. Steve Jobs was adopted to a family in Mountain View, California. While still in ...

A tranquil lake. The sound of rippling water. Waves lulling you to sleep as they slap against the sides of your small boat. The sound of leaves rustling in some far off distance. The smell of damp earth. A moment later, a sharp tug at the end of the pole ...

Not so long ago, if you said you needed to make a phone call that meant going to the nearest land line phone. The phone could be used for nothing but placing calls and you couldn't take it with you. It wasn't until 1973 that the modern cell phone as we kn...

Discovering the music revolution and why midi's part in it has become mainstream for the industry and essential for many composers and musicians. Midi Sequencer The first thing to understand about midi sequencers is that they make no sound of their...

Remember the good old days of gaming, when there were only 5 pixels in the protagonist and your imagination could turn them into a heroic figure of Schwarzenegger proportions? When the enemies and the heroes were distinguished by colour and you only neede...

Your website is a personal reflection of you and your business that you’ve worked hard to create; so why would you settle for a basic, plain website home page for both old and potential new customers to see? Your old customers might just get bored look...

It wasn't so long ago that kids who got the "new" Nintendo 8-bit gaming console or the Sega system for Christmas were the envy of every less fortunate and burned out Atari owning neighborhood playmate. As time elapsed, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, and N...