Atari came out with a gaming system earlier in the 1970s, 1972 to be exact. Here is the post about it. They did it again in 1978. Atari 800 Here are the details Announced: 1978 Released: 1979 Price: $995.00 (USD) CPU: MOS 6502, 1.8MHz Ram: 8k Base, 48k Max (huge) […]
Monthly Archives: February 2019
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CDs is what these are called and they have a long history which spans the 1960’s to today. So why is this in the gadgets or technology of the 1970s. That is a good question and we will see what we can find out. Released CD’s where actually released in […]
Is a big part of today’s world people are connected to all forms of social media. Like Facebook Twitter Instagram Tumbler Flicker Google + (but that is going away) YouTube Snapchat Pinterest There are some more out there which means that I have created some social media accounts. Facebook I […]
So in 1977, the Tandy Corporation came out with the Home Computer. It was released on August 3, 1977. That was 42 years ago if anyone is counting. By the time 1979, came around they had sold 100,000 units. Tandy Corporation We won’t get into much here, but they Tandy […]
This new gadget (in the ’80s) changed the way I listened to music almost overnight. I could put in my favorite tape either a U2, AC/DC, Guns and Roses or a tape I recorded off the radio and listen to while I ran, rode my bike, did yard work or […]
The year is 2019 and Apple was founded in 1976, on April 1 two college dropouts, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple. Garages Why does it seem that a lot of companies are formed in garages and then they become huge. Apple wasn’t that different. Apple I was created […]
Computers didn’t come from space, did they? Come from the future? No, of course, they didn’t. So where did they come from? In 1974, Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry systems invented something called a microcomputer called the Altair 8800. Became so popular that it was published on the cover of Popular […]
Photography has come a long way since the 1800’s when this photo was taken Photos back in the late 1800s and early 1900’s it took some time to develop the film. But in the 1947 Polaroid introduced something called the Land Camera Model 95 which used something called instant film. […]