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First instant camera released | The launch of the Polaroid Land Camera Model 95 | Techday, November 28th On this TECHDAY in history, on November 28th 1948, Polaroid’s first camera product, the 40 Series, Polaroid Land Camera Model 95, went on sale in a department store in Boston. It was the first commercial ...
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Advance Technology Advance 86B | TechMuseum Year of manufacture: 1983 Technical Specifications: Processor: Intel 8086, 4.77 MHz RAM: 128 or 256 KB FDD: Two disks 5.25" HDD: - Audio: Beeper Connectors/Ports: Monitor, serial, TV output, joystick, cassette, four expansion slots, parallel, light ...
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Dreamcast launch | Techday, November 27th On this TECHDAY in history, on November 27th 1998, two whole years before its competitors, Sega launched the first 6th generation console. It was the Dreamcast, a device with excellent technological specifications for its time, although it didn't have a worthy path in the ...
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Amstrad CPC 664 | TechMuseum Year of manufacture: 1985 Technical Specifications: Processor: Zilog Z80, 4 MHz RAM: 64 KB FDD: - HDD: - Audio: Three channels, one noise channel, seven octaves Connectors/Ports: joystick, printer, floppy disk, bus, monitor, cassette, sound output Case: ...
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Birthday of Norbert Wiener | On this TECHDAY in history, on November 26th 1894, Norbert Wiener was born. He was a mathematician, philosopher, and the author of the book “Cybernetics: Or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine.” (published in 1948). This work was hugely influential in later research ...
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Atari Stacy | TechMuseum Year of manufacture: 1989-1991 Technical Specifications: Processor: Motorola MC 68HC000 , 8 MHz RAM: 1 MB FDD: floppy disk 3.5" HDD: 20 MB or 40MB Audio: 3 channels , 8 octaves Connectors/Ports: Serial , RGB monitor , floppy disk , two joystick , cartridge , parallel ...
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The Roxio acquisition | Roxio acquires Napster assets | Techday, November 25th On this TECHDAY in history, on November 25th 2002, Roxio acquires Napster assets. The digital media software company buyed out Napster assets which was on the verge of bankruptcy. These included Napster’s name and logo, domain name and ...
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Origins of modern websites | HTML 2.0 launch | Techday, November 24th On this TECHDAY in history, on November 24th 1995, HTML 2.0 was published. It was made public as RFC (Request for Comments) 1866. HTML (or HyperText Markup Language) is the language used to display documents on the web in a web browser. Browsers ...
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First jukebox installed | Techday, November 23rd On this TECHDAY in history, on November 23rd 1889, the first jukebox was installed in San Francisco, at the Palais Royale Saloon. It quickly proved extremely successful, and this invention eventually spread all around the world. This machine was called “nickel in the ...
