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Historical Context:In the 1950s, the operators of mainframe computers used dedicated consoles, hardcopy terminals (such as teletypes and modified…
Historical ContextSince the 1950s, computer operators had used a variety of cathode ray tube (CRT) terminals for displaying information in a…
Historical context (by Z. Stachniak)The MCS-8 microcomputer set was announced by Intel in late 1971.Everyone in systems engineering has been waiting…
Historical context (by Z. Stachniak)The commercialization of the transistor in the first half of the 1950s had a dramatic impact on the decade-old…
Historical context(by Z. Stachniak)The rapid development of computer technologies and applications in the 1950s and 1960s created demand for sharing…
Historical context(by Z. Stachniak)The industrial revolution of the 19th century brought new manufacturing methods and with them the ability to…
Nortel Europa(description courtesy of Mobile Phone Museum)The Nortel One (also known as the Europa handset) was an early instance of what’s come to…
Historical context(by Z. Stachniak) The North American personal and home computer market of the late 1970s and early 1980s, witnessed a proliferation…
Historical Context(by Z. Stachniak)In 1971, Bell Canada and Northern Electric (renamed Northern Telecom in 1976) established Bell-Northern Research…
Historical context(by Z. Stachniak)Cognos Incorporated, formerly known as Quasar Systems Ltd., was a pioneering Ottawa-based software company renowned…