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Mountain View, CA at the Computer History Museum Museum

Today’s #RetroTrio offers you the #Videomaster Database, #Nintendo #N64 and #Commodore #Amiga #CD32 . Which will you keep, gift to a friend and delete forever? #RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #RetroGaming #VideoGames

2024 DRAKE AWARDS
May 16, 2024
 
Hosted by Dr. Moiya McTier
 
6:00PM PT IN-PERSON • 6:30PM PT VIRTUAL
Computer History Museum Museum in Mountain View, CA
 
IN-PERSON: buff.ly/4dcecjd
VIRTUAL: buff.ly/3Uv5uVS

'First contact could be imminent,' says Andrew Siemion.

'Evolution Of Computers' Created By ContentByContent #ArtificialIntelligence #ComputerHistory #ComputingPioneers #CybersecurityEvolution #DigitalAge #EarlyComputing #FutureOfComputing #HardwareInnovations #InternetRevolution #Microprocessors #NetworkTechnology

Punch cards used to be a key part of computing. The IBM 1402 Card Reader/Punch (1959) could read or punch hundreds of cards a minute. But the punch at Computer History Museum stopped punching the first 16 columns. An explanation of the punch unit and how we fixed it... 1/9

Today’s #RetroTrio offers you the #SNK #NeoGeo AES, #Atari #XEGS and #Nintendo #N64 . Which will you keep, gift to a friend and delete forever? #RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #RetroGaming #VideoGames

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#RetroTrio #SNK #NeoGeo #Atari #XEGS #Nintendo #N64 #RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #RetroGaming #VideoGames #TEKKEN8 #tekkenball

PLAY IT NOW ON PC, MAC OR LINUX! frostcanogames.itch.io/killbillvolume3
#RetroTrio #SNK #NeoGeo #Atari #XEGS #Nintendo #N64 #RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #RetroGaming #VideoGames #TEKKEN8 #tekkenball

Top 5 Reasons You Don't Want to Miss the Drake Awards

1. You can join your fellow space enthusiasts for an evening of cosmic celebration and inspiration.

2. You won’t want to miss this Close Encounter at our new venue: the amazing Computer History Museum Museum in Mountain View.

For today’s #RetroTrio we have the #Sinclair #ZX80 , #Apple2 and #TI994A . Which do you keep, gift and delete from history? #RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #RetroGaming #VideoGames

Save the date! @Buildbuddy_io is partnering with Google, The @LinuxFoundation, and the @BazelBuild community to sponsor this year's Bazelcon! Dates are October 14th & 15th at the Computer History Museum Museum in Mountain View. CFP will be open May 15 - June 30. Hope to see you there!

Today’s #RetroTrio offers you the #Nintendo #Wii , #Sony #PS3 and #Panasonic #3DO . Which will you keep, gift to a friend and delete forever? #RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #RetroGaming #VideoGames

#FF #FunToFollow
Computer History Museum Thoughts of Dog pourmecoffee commonsquirrel Big Ben DRUNK HULK Scienceinschool IBM Pin Museum by Manfred Rohr

You’ve got a #Tatung #Einstein . Do you save it or swap it? If saving, then why? If swapping, then for what? #RetroSaveOrSwap #RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #RetroGaming #VideoGames

Today’s #RetroTrio offers you the #Commodore #VIC20 , #Plus4 and #C64C . Which will you keep, gift to a friend and delete forever? #RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #RetroGaming #VideoGames

Fact Friday 💡

Did you know, that the first computer mouse was invented in the early 1960s was made of wood! It moved on two horizontal and vertical wheels, made of metal, and had one button!

#FunFact #TechFact #FirstMouse #ComputerHistory #WoodenMouse

Ken Shirriff Computer History Museum The largest punchcard program was 62,500 punch cards (around 5MB)… I’d like to see Ken Shirriff topple this record!

For today’s #RetroTrio we have the #Amstrad #CPC464 , #Apple #MacSE and #Olivetti #Quaderno . Which do you keep, gift and delete from history? #RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #RetroGaming #VideoGames

Today’s #RetroTrio offers you Voice #ChessChallenger , #MissileInvader and #CrazyKong . Which will you keep, gift to a friend and delete forever? #RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #RetroGaming #VideoGames