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Historical context (by Z. Stachniak)In April, 1972, Intel Corp. of Santa Clara, California, announced its first 8-bit microprocessor — the 8008. In…
The Quark/100 single-board computer was designed and manufactured by Megatel Computer Technologies -- a Toronto-based company that specialized in…
MCM MCP 132N printer model number MCP 132N, serial number 1368.
Historical Context(by Z. Stachniak)Matrox Electronic Systems was established in Montreal in 1976 at the peak of the North American computer hobby…
Matrox Electronic Systems was established in Montreal in 1976 at the peak of the North American computer hobby movement and the beginning of the rapid…
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Historical context(Z. Stachniak)The commercialization of the transistor in the first half of the 1950s had a dramatic impact on the decade-old…
Historical context:LANPAR Technologies Inc. (also known as Les Technologies LANPAR Inc.), was a company founded in 1970 (as LANPAR Ltd.) by Rene Pardo…
Historical context(by Z. Stachniak)Possibly the earliest attempt to create a publicly accessible digital library of books was Project Gutenberg,…
Historical context(by Z. Stachniak) The North American personal and home computer market of the late 1970s and early 1980s, witnessed a proliferation…