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Before modern CRTs with ancient VGA connectors, and before fancy video terminals, the display for computers large and slightly smaller was the Teletype. While many of these Teletypes were connected ...

Readers with not too many years under their belts may recall a time when the classic background sound effect for radio and television news programs included a staccato mechanical beat, presumably made ...

I served in the US Air Force from 1952 to 1956. I was in Korea from Nov. 1952 to Oct. 1953. The following is my story. At about this time, some 68 years ago, I was sailing the Pacific Ocean on my way ...

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It was exciting to read Twitter when it first began sharing breaking news in 2006. In the early part of the 20th century, newsrooms must have felt the same excitement as the first (and often loud) ...

When we think of computer games today, we almost always imagine a lushly illustrated game taking place on some form of fluid electronic screen like an LCD monitor or TV set. But few know today that ...