Until the early 1980's most monitors were terminals. They were boxy video display terminals (VDT's) combined with an attached keyboard. A terminal could be configured to work with just about any computer on the market. (Not that th...

In a much simpler time and place, there was no hustle and bustle of the information superhighway. Chips and mice almost certainly came exclusively from a field in Idaho rather than your living room. And somehow, a young girl found love. W...

The '70s and the '80s could be easily described as the 'computer war'. Every company had a new kind of computer, better than the last that they wanted to change the world. Everyone knew it was only a matter of time before one was adopted as the standard, ...