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2013-11-08

1980s, 1981, teletext, uk.

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Ceefax : Colombia Space Shuttle Launch 1981, via Paul Sissons.

2013-11-05

1980s, 1983, japan, videotex.

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haircuts:

NTT Captain videotex service (1983-2002)

2013-11-04

1980s, Bildschirmtext, terminal, videotex.

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The MUPID was an early home computer like system (1981-1983) designed and invented by Hermann Maurer for the University of Graz to be used as a Bildschirmtext terminal, but it was also capable of being used as a stand alone computer.

2013-10-30

1980s, 2000s, c64, petscii, software.

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Kaleidoscope (1988-2007) a CBM Keyboard Graphics, PETASCII, CGFX Editor by Bryce L. Tomlinson for C64.

2013-10-21

1980s, c64, germany, knitting, tools.

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The C64 was capable of automating the entire knitting process thanks to a system called CAPS (made by Empisal in Germany). The setup consisted of the C64 (of course!), an Empisal 550/560 knitting machine and the CAPS interface. The process of knitting your favorite jumper consisted of designing a series of patterns on the C64 which you could then save to disk and combine with other patterns to create a larger image. Source

2013-10-20

1980s, DOS, virus.

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The Morris worm or Internet worm of November 2, 1988 was one of the first computer worms distributed via the Internet. It was written by a student at Cornell University, Robert Tappan Morris, and launched on November 2, 1988 from MIT.

2013-10-20

1980s, DOS, virus.

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Stoned is the name of a boot sector computer virus created in 1987. When an infected computer started, there was a one in eight probability that the screen would declare:

Your PC is now Stoned!

2013-10-20

1980s, amiga, ascii, virus.

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The SCA virus is the first computer virus created for the Commodore Amiga and one of the first to gain public notoriety. It appeared in November 1987. The SCA virus is a boot sector virus. It features a line of text that appears at every 15th copy after a warm reboot:

Something wonderful has happened Your AMIGA is alive !!! and, even better… Some of your disks are infected by a VIRUS !!! Another masterpiece of The Mega-Mighty SCA !!

2013-10-20

1980s, 1990s, DOS, virus.

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Cascade (1987) is an early virus with the interesting payload of causing characters to fall to the bottom of the screen.

2013-10-20

1980s, ascii, virus.

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Elk Cloner (1982) was written by a 15 year old high school student called Rich Skrenta as a practical joke. The virus was developed for the Apple II system and was a boot sector virus that spread via floppy discs (mostly through pirated games).

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