Encyclopedia - Floppy Disk: Encyclopedia Ii - Floppy Disk - History
Floppy disk - Origins the 8-inch disk. See also: Table of 8-inch floppy formats In 1967 IBM gave their San Jose, California storage d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Floppy Disk: Encyclopedia Ii - Floppy Disk - History
Floppy disk - Origins the 8-inch disk. In 1967 IBM gave their San Jose, California storage development center a new task: develop a sim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Floppy Disk: Encyclopedia Ii - Floppy Disk - More On Floppy Disk Formats
Floppy disk - Using the disk space efficiently. In general, data is written to floppy disks in a series of sectors, angular blocks of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Computer Hardware: Encyclopedia - Computer Hardware
Computer hardware is the physical parts of a computer, as distinguished from the computer software or computer programs and data that ope...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Usb Flash Drive: Encyclopedia - Usb Flash Drive
A USB flash drive is essentially NAND-type flash memory integrated with a USB 1.1 or 2.0 interface used as a small, lightweight, removabl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cp/m: Encyclopedia - Cp/m
CP/M is an operating system originally created for Intel 8080/85 and Zilog Z80 based microcomputers by Gary Kildall of Digital Research, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apple Ii Family: Encyclopedia - Apple Ii Family
The Apple II, one of the very first personal computers, is widely seen as the founding pioneer and literal grandfather of the personal co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - System 7 Macintosh: Encyclopedia Ii - System 7 Macintosh - Miscellaneous Info
At the time of its release, many users noticed that performance suffered as a result of upgrading from System 6 to System 7, though newer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unisys Icon: Encyclopedia Ii - Unisys Icon - History
By the mid-1980s most high schools had computer labs of one sort or another, typically using Apple IIs or Commodore PETs. The Apple was c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wordstar: Encyclopedia Ii - Wordstar - History
WordStar was originally developed for CP/M, one of the most popular microcomputer operating systems of the pre-MS-DOS era. It was the mos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pinball Construction Set: Encyclopedia Ii - Pinball Construction Set - Description
PCS created a new genre of computer games—the "builder" or "construction set" class of games. In PCS, users constructed their own virtu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Macventure: Encyclopedia Ii - Macventure - History
The MacVenture engine was written in 1985 for the first game in the series, Deja Vu. Making the entire game fit together with system soft...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slackware: Encyclopedia Ii - Slackware - History And Name
The first Slackware release, 1.00, was released on July 16, 1993 [1] by Patrick Volkerding, founder and lead developer. It was based on t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - System 7 Macintosh: Encyclopedia Ii - System 7 Macintosh - Software
System 7 was the first version of the Mac OS that required a hard drive for installation as a full installation was too large to fit on t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Non-maskable Interrupt: Encyclopedia Ii - Non-maskable Interrupt - History
In older architectures, NMIs were used for for interrupts which were typically never disabled because of the required response time. Exam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amstrad Cpc: Encyclopedia Ii - Amstrad Cpc - The Amstrad Cpc Vs. Its Competitors
Since the Amstrad CPC was specifically built to compete with the ZX Spectrum and C64, and was a relatively late entrant into the 1980s 8-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amiga Old File System: Encyclopedia Ii - Amiga Old File System - Characteristics
Amiga uses MFM encoding/decoding by default when handling floppy disks. There are 80 cylinders on an Amiga floppy disk. Each cylinder has...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Computer Virus: Encyclopedia Ii - Computer Virus - History
A program called "Elk Cloner" is credited with being the first computer virus to appear "in the wild" -- that is, outside the single comp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dos: Encyclopedia Ii - Dos - Drive Naming Scheme
Under Microsoft's DOS operating system and its derivatives drives are referred to by identifying letters. Standard practice is to reserve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hard Disk: Encyclopedia Ii - Hard Disk - Access And Interfaces
A hard disk is generally accessed over one of a number of bus types, including ATA (IDE, EIDE), Serial ATA, SCSI, SAS, FireWire (aka IEEE...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hard Disk: Encyclopedia Ii - Hard Disk - Access And Interfaces
A hard disk is generally accessed over one of a number of bus types, including ATA (IDE, EIDE), Serial ATA, SCSI, SAS, FireWire (aka IEEE...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Usb Flash Drive: Encyclopedia Ii - Usb Flash Drive - Comparison To Other Portable Memory Forms
Flash storage devices are best compared to other common, portable, swappable data storage devices: floppy disks, Zip disks, and CD-R/CD-R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apple Ii Family: Encyclopedia Ii - Apple Ii Family - General
Apple II family - Apple II media. The Disk II floppy drive used 5¼-inch floppy disks. The first disk operating systems for the Apple I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kaypro: Encyclopedia Ii - Kaypro - Kaypro Computers
Kaypro's first computer, the Kaypro 2 (differing only in bundled software from the model II) had 64 KB of RAM, dual, single-sided, 180 KB...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cp/m: Encyclopedia Ii - Cp/m - Components Of The Operating System
In the 8-bit versions, CP/M's software was separated into three components command processor or CCP, basic disk operating system or BDOS...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Texas Instruments Ti-99/4a: Encyclopedia Ii - Texas Instruments Ti-99/4a - Features
The TI-99/4A's CPU, motherboard, and cartridge slot were built into a single unit with the keyboard. Available peripherals included a 5¼...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peripheral Interchange Program: Encyclopedia Ii - Peripheral Interchange Program - Pip In Cp/m
After Gary Kildall started CP/M, he took the PIP and file concepts as well. Besides accessing files on a floppy disk, PIP in CP/M could a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Personal Computer Game: Encyclopedia Ii - Personal Computer Game - Distribution Media And Marketing
Personal computer game - Traditional. Typically, games are distributed via storage media that would be standard to personal computers, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Texas Instruments Ti-99/4a: Encyclopedia Ii - Texas Instruments Ti-99/4a - Features
The TI-99/4A's CPU, motherboard, and cartridge ("Solid State Software Module") slot were built into a single unit with the keyboard. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Personal Computer Game: Encyclopedia Ii - Personal Computer Game - Distribution Media And Marketing
Personal computer game - Traditional. Typically, games are distributed via storage media that would be standard to personal computers, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Usb Flash Drive: Encyclopedia Ii - Usb Flash Drive - Strengths And Weaknesses
Flash drives are impervious to the scratches and dust that plagued previous forms of portable storage like compact discs and floppy disks...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Disk Operating System: Encyclopedia Ii - Disk Operating System - History
In the early days of computers, there were no disk drives; delay lines, punched cards, paper tape, magnetic tape, magnetic drums, were us...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Datassette: Encyclopedia Ii - Datassette - Description And History
The Datassette contained built-in A/D converters and audio filters to convert the computer's digital information into analog sound and vi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Computer Hardware: Encyclopedia Ii - Computer Hardware - Personal Computer Hardware
A typical personal computer consists of a case or chassis in desktop or tower shape and the following parts: Motherboard or system board...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amiga Old File System: Encyclopedia Ii - Amiga Old File System - History
Originally known as Amiga File System, the filesystem itself was very similar to that of Xerox Alto Filesystem. Development was from 1982...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hard Disk: Encyclopedia Ii - Hard Disk - History
The first hard disk drive was the IBM 350 Disk File, invented by Reynold Johnson and introduced in 1955 with the IBM 305 computer. This d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Usb Flash Drive: Encyclopedia Ii - Usb Flash Drive - History
The flash drive was first invented in 1998 at IBM as a floppy drive replacement for the ThinkPad line of products. Although there is an I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Usb Flash Drive: Encyclopedia Ii - Usb Flash Drive - History
The flash drive was first invented in 1998 at IBM as a floppy drive replacement for the ThinkPad line of products. Although there is an I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Western Digital: Encyclopedia Ii - Western Digital - History
Western Digital - 1970s. Through the early years of the 1970s, WDC made their money by selling calculator chips; by 1975, they were the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apple Ii Family: Encyclopedia Ii - Apple Ii Family - History
Apple II family - The original Apple II. The first Apple II computers went on sale on June 5, 1977 with a MOS Technology 6502 microproc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peripheral Interchange Program: Encyclopedia Ii - Peripheral Interchange Program - History
PIP was originally named ATLATL, which was an acronym for "Anything Lord to Anything Lord". This described its purpose as a device indepe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Action Replay: Encyclopedia Ii - Action Replay - Origin And History
Action Replay had its roots in the Commodore 64 home computer. In its trademark red cartridge, the Action Replay was one of the most popu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Epyx: Encyclopedia Ii - Epyx - History
Epyx (then Automated Simulations) was founded in 1978 as a vehicle for publishing Freeman and Connelley's first game in BASIC, Starfleet ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hard Disk: Encyclopedia Ii - Hard Disk - History
The first hard disk drive was the IBM 350 Disk File, invented by Reynold Johnson and introduced in 1955 with the IBM 305 computer. This d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Copland: Encyclopedia Ii - Copland - Background
In 1989, managers at Apple had a meeting to plan the future course of Mac OS development. Ideas were written on index cards; features tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - System 7 Macintosh: Encyclopedia Ii - System 7 Macintosh - Third-party Software
When Apple moved to the PowerPC processor, 68k applications were emulated on the new processor, while FAT binaries allowed software to ru...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Commodore 64 Software: Encyclopedia Ii - Commodore 64 Software - Games
No mention of the Commodore 64 would be complete without game software. Due to the quality and quantity of games written for the computer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fan Translation: Encyclopedia Ii - Fan Translation - Origins
Reverse engineering and the rise of console emulation made fan translation possible. One of the early complete translation patches for a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ibm 1130: Encyclopedia Ii - Ibm 1130 - Description
The 1130 became quite popular, and the 1130 and its non-IBM clones gave many people their first feel of "personal computing." Though its ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hierarchical File System: Encyclopedia Ii - Hierarchical File System - History
HFS was introduced in September 1985 as a new file system for Macintosh computers. It superseded the Macintosh File System (MFS) which wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Machine Embroidery: Encyclopedia Ii - Machine Embroidery - History
Computerized machine embroidery has rapidly grown in popularity since the late 1990's. As of 2005, the average user can buy a machine and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intel 8259: Encyclopedia Ii - Intel 8259 - History
Little seems to be known about the differences between the chips in this family. It is believed that the NEC Corporation created the 8259...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Punch Card: Encyclopedia Ii - Punch Card - Advantages
In its earliest uses, the punch card was not just a data recording medium, but a controlling element of the data processing operation. El...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Punch Card: Encyclopedia Ii - Punch Card - Obsolescence
Punched-card systems fell out of favor in the mid to late 1970s, as disk storage became cost effective, and affordable interactive termin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Datapoint 2200: Encyclopedia Ii - Datapoint 2200 - The Seed Of The X86 Architecture
Aside from being the first personal computer, the Datapoint 2200 has another connection to computer history. Its original design called f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Punch Card: Encyclopedia Ii - Punch Card - Advantages
In its earliest uses, the punch card was not just a data recording medium, but a controlling element of the data processing operation. El...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Punch Card: Encyclopedia Ii - Punch Card - Obsolescence
Punched-card systems fell out of favor in the mid to late 1970s, as disk storage became cost effective, and affordable interactive termin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Loom: Encyclopedia Ii - Loom - Technical Information
Originally published for DOS on floppy disk with EGA graphics, it was also later released for Amiga, Atari ST, FM Towns and Macintosh. It...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Commodore Sx-64: Encyclopedia Ii - Commodore Sx-64 - History
The SX-64 did not sell well, and its failure has been variously attributed to its small screen, high weight, bad marketing, and smaller b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Advanced Technology Attachment: Encyclopedia Ii - Advanced Technology Attachment - History
Although the standard has always had the official name "ATA", marketing dictates dubbed an early version of the standard Integrated Drive...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trs-80: Encyclopedia Ii - Trs-80 - Early Z80-based Home Systems
TRS-80 - History. Announced at a press conference in August 3, 1977, the Tandy TRS-80 Model I was Tandy's entry into the home computer ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Steve Wozniak: Encyclopedia Ii - Steve Wozniak - The Dawn Of Apple
By 1975, Woz dropped out of the University of California, Berkeley (he would later finish his degree in 1987) and came up with a computer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - System 7 Macintosh: Encyclopedia Ii - System 7 Macintosh - Available Versions
Apple created and published an "Older Software Downloads" webpage on their AppleCare Support website on July 17, 2001. Since then diskett...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Commodore 64 Software: Encyclopedia Ii - Commodore 64 Software - Gaming History
Commodore 64 software - 1983. Even though the C64 was a real computer, the most successful application category were computer games. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Texas Instruments Ti-99/4a: Encyclopedia Ii - Texas Instruments Ti-99/4a - History
Initially, the TI-99/4A was reasonably successful, and it has been estimated that it had about 35% of the home computer market at its pea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Texas Instruments Ti-99/4a: Encyclopedia Ii - Texas Instruments Ti-99/4a - History
Initially, the TI-99/4A was reasonably successful, and it has been estimated that it had about 35% of the home computer market at its pea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Punch Card: Encyclopedia Ii - Punch Card - Ibm Punch Card Format
Punch card - Corner cut. A major reason for the corner cut was so the punch card could not be inserted backwards or upside down. If the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mame: Encyclopedia Ii - Mame - Front Ends
Although the main MAME program is only made available as a command-line application for Windows and Linux, there are several popular fron...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kaypro: Encyclopedia Ii - Kaypro - Company History
Kaypro started life as Non-Linear Systems, a maker of electronic test equipment founded in 1952 by Andrew Kay, the inventor of the digita...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lind Oh My Goddess!: Encyclopedia Ii - Lind Oh My Goddess! - History
Lind's visit to the mortal realm of Keiichi Morisato and his friends is her pursuit of the Angel Eater, a supernatural beast that feeds u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malware: Encyclopedia Ii - Malware - Infectious Malware: Viruses And Worms
The best-known types of malware, viruses and worms, are known for the manner in which they spread, rather than any other particular behav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - File Allocation Table: Encyclopedia Ii - File Allocation Table - History
The FAT filesystem uses software methods that had been in use years prior to its formalization and was created by Bill Gates and Marc McD...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internet Service Provider: Encyclopedia Ii - Internet Service Provider - History
The history of Internet Service Providers is integral to the development of the formation of the modern internet, as well as the economic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Internet Service Provider: Encyclopedia Ii - Internet Service Provider - History
The history of Internet Service Providers is integral to the development of the formation of the modern internet, as well as the economic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mac Os: Encyclopedia Ii - Mac Os - A/ux
In 1988, Apple released its first UNIX based OS, named A/UX. This was an operating system that seamlessly integrated the Mac OS look and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mac Os: Encyclopedia Ii - Mac Os - A/ux
In 1988, Apple released its first UNIX based OS, named A/UX. This was an operating system that seamlessly integrated the Mac OS look and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Credit Card: Encyclopedia Ii - Credit Card - Credit Card Numbering
The numbers found on credit cards have a certain amount of internal structure, and share a common numbering scheme. The card number's pre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Credit Card: Encyclopedia Ii - Credit Card - Credit Card Numbering
The numbers found on credit cards have a certain amount of internal structure, and share a common numbering scheme. The card number's pre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canon Cat: Encyclopedia Ii - Canon Cat - History
The Canon Cat was targeted at low-level clerical workers such as secretaries. After six months on the market and with 20,000 units sold, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scumm: Encyclopedia Ii - Scumm - History
The original version was coded by Aric Wilmunder and Ron Gilbert in 1987, with later versions enhanced by Aric Wilmunder (a.k.a. the SCUM...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pinball Construction Set: Encyclopedia Ii - Pinball Construction Set - History
Budge originally published and distributed this game via his publishing "company" (really just him and his sister), BudgeCo. In the more ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Punch Card: Encyclopedia Ii - Punch Card - Key Punches
Data was entered on a machine called a keypunch, which was like a large, very noisy typewriter. Often the text was also printed at the to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Punch Card: Encyclopedia Ii - Punch Card - Other Formats
Other coding schemes, sizes of card, and hole shapes were tried at various times. Mark sense cards had printed ovals that humans would fi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Copland: Encyclopedia Ii - Copland - Development
Parts of Copland, most notably an early version of the new file system, were demonstrated at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Copland: Encyclopedia Ii - Copland - Cancellation
Later that summer the situation was no better, and Amelio realized something serious had to be done. He lured Ellen Hancock away from her...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Punch Card: Encyclopedia Ii - Punch Card - Other Formats
Other coding schemes, sizes of card, and hole shapes were tried at various times. Mark sense cards had printed ovals that humans would fi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Punch Card: Encyclopedia Ii - Punch Card - Ibm Punch Card Format
Punch card - Corner cut. A major reason for the corner cut was so the punch card could not be inserted backwards or upside down. If the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Punch Card: Encyclopedia Ii - Punch Card - Key Punches
Data was entered on a machine called a keypunch, which was like a large, very noisy typewriter. Often the text was also printed at the to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ms-dos: Encyclopedia Ii - Ms-dos - History
MS-DOS was created by computer manufacturer Seattle Computer Products (SCP) in 1980 as QDOS (for Quick and Dirty Operating System), but w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Steve Wozniak: Encyclopedia Ii - Steve Wozniak - Post-apple Career
Woz left Apple for good on February 6, 1985, nine years after setting up the company. Wozniak then founded a new venture called Cloud 9 w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seagate Technology: Encyclopedia Ii - Seagate Technology - History
Seagate Technology was founded by Alan Shugart (back from a sabbatical after getting pushed out of Shugart Associates) and Finis Conner; ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Home Computer: Encyclopedia Ii - Home Computer - Concise History
In a manner resembling the expansion of new animal forms in the Cambrian period, large numbers of new machines of all types, including su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Floppy Disk: Encyclopedia Ii - Floppy Disk - Usability
One of the chief usability problems of the floppy disk is its vulnerability. Even inside a closed plastic housing, the disk medium is sti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Floppy Disk: Encyclopedia Ii - Floppy Disk - Background
Floppy disks, also known as floppies or diskettes (a name chosen in order to be similar to the word "cassette"), were ubiquitous in the 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Floppy Disk: Encyclopedia Ii - Floppy Disk - Current Situation
The 8-inch, 5¼-inch and 3-inch formats can be considered almost totally dead. 3½-inch drives and disks are still widely available. As o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Floppy Disk: Encyclopedia Ii - Floppy Disk - Floppy Killers
Through the early 1990s a number of attempts were made by various companies to introduce newer floppy-like formats based on the now-unive...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Floppy Disk: Encyclopedia Ii - Floppy Disk - Structure
The 5¼-inch disk had a large circular hole in the center for the spindle of the drive and a small oval aperture in both sides of the pla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Floppy Disk: Encyclopedia Ii - Floppy Disk - Compatibility
In general, different physical sizes of floppy disks are incompatible by definition, and disks can only be loaded on the correct size of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Floppy Disk: Encyclopedia Ii - Floppy Disk - Current Situation
The 8-inch, 5¼-inch and 3-inch formats can be considered almost totally dead. 3½-inch drives and disks are still widely available. As o...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Vi - F
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages VI - F . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article