The most effective way to produce any product is to put certain guidelines and standards in place to dictate how it can be created. These standards are quality driven and are consistent regardless of the company that creates the product. One standard, ISO 15693, is a standard in place for cards that are used [...]
One of the most popular functions of the internet is to provide free online games to anyone, anywhere and at anytime, that may be looking for help with passing the time. With more households every year across the world having internet access, consumers have taken to the web to do everything from shopping to reading [...]
When I was much younger, my favorite computer software was Print Shop, originally published in the 1980s. All of the Apple computers in the schools I went to had this software available. Back then, getting time on a computer was a privilege reserved for about once per week, as the entire school would share a [...]
In the early days of personal computing, we did not enjoy the luxuries of color displays. While we are currently spoiled with graphics cards and monitors that support millions of colors, the early 1980’s provided us with considerably fewer options. Everything was monochrome, and the most popular supplier of that graphical output was the Hercules [...]
Home printing became remarkably more affordable and advanced in 1993, thanks to the introduction of the Epson Stylus 800. This printer was the first in Epson’s inkjet line, and some of the technology applied in this system is still used in today’s Stylus line.
This printer greatly improved the quality and speed of printing available to [...]
Those of us who remember spending countless hours flying our virtual planes or jets with our keyboards, on such programs as Microsoft Flight Simulator or Falcon 3.0, certainly also recall yearning for a quality joystick. A thirty degree bank to the right made by holding down an arrow key just doesn’t feel the [...]
Apple made its foray into the world of mobile computing in 1989 with the Macintosh Portable. This fully self-contained unit housed a black and white active-matrix LCD screen, the CPU, battery, a 3 ½ floppy disk drive, full keyboard, and a trackball. Additionally, an internal hard drive and an internal modem were both available. This [...]
In 1988, Apple launched the final version of its Apple II series, the Apple IIc Plus. This model offered a number of improvements over its predecessors. Gone was the 5¼ inch floppy disk drive, as it was replaced by the higher capacity 3½ inch floppy drive. Not only did this drive offer [...]