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Historical context (by Z. Stachniak)The MCS-8 microcomputer set was announced by Intel in late 1971.Everyone in systems engineering has been waiting…
Artwork created for the Screaming Tomato BBS operated by Mistigris computer art group (1994—1998) founded in Vancouver BC.
Historical context(by Z. Stachniak)In April 1972, Intel Corp. of Santa Clara, CA, announced its first 8-bit microprocessor, the 8008. Shortly after,…
Historical context:Microprocessor-based computers (microcomputers) were built at educational institutions as soon as the first 8-bit microprocessors…
Historical ContextIn the last decade of the 20th century, rapidly developing wireless communications infrastructure introduced millions of users to…
Historical Context:Between 1996 and 2004, Research in Motion (RIM, Waterloo, Ontario) released several generations of wireless communications devices:…
Historical Context By 2000, Research in Motion (RIM, Waterloo, Ontario) became a world leader in the mobile communications market. RIM Wireless…
Historical ContextThe Inter@ctive Pager 950 announced by Waterloo, Ontario-based Research in Motion Limited (RIM) in August 26, 1998, was a successor…
Historical ContextThe Inter@ctive Pager (models 800 and 900) was the first hand-held communications device designed and built by Research In Motion…
The original NetWinder Linux microcomputer was developed by Corel and offered in 1998. In January 1999,Hardware Computing Canada of Ottawa acquired…