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  2. Second generation of video game consoles - Wikipedia

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    In the history of video games, the second-generation era refers to computer and video games, video game consoles, and handheld video game consoles available from 1976 to 1992. Notable platforms of the second generation include the Fairchild Channel F, Atari 2600, Intellivision, Odyssey 2, and ColecoVision.

  3. IBM PS/2 - Wikipedia

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    The Personal System/2 or PS/2 is IBM's second generation [1] [2] of personal computers. Released in 1987, it officially replaced the IBM PC , XT , AT , and PC Convertible in IBM's lineup. Many of the PS/2's innovations, such as the 16550 UART (serial port), 1440 KB 3.5-inch floppy disk format, 72-pin SIMMs , PS/2 port , and VGA video standard ...

  4. Triumph of the Nerds - Wikipedia

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    Triumph of the Nerds is a 1996 British/American television documentary, produced by John Gau Productions and Oregon Public Broadcasting for Channel 4 and PBS.It explores the development of the personal computer in the United States from World War II to 1995.

  5. Apple II - Wikipedia

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    An Apple II computer with an internal modem and external DAA. The first Apple II computers went on sale on June 10, 1977 [2] [16] with a MOS Technology 6502 (later Synertek) [17] microprocessor running at 1.023 MHz, 4 KB of RAM, an audio cassette interface for loading programs and storing data, and the Integer BASIC programming language built ...

  6. Apple II (original) - Wikipedia

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    An Apple II computer with an external modem. The Apple II (stylized as apple ][) is a personal computer released by Apple Inc. in June 1977. It was one of the first successful mass-produced microcomputer products and is widely regarded as one of the most important personal computers of all time due to its role in popularizing home computing and influencing later software development.

  7. Timeline of computing - Wikipedia

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    Stephen White, A Brief History of Computing; The Computer History in time and space, Graphing Project, an attempt to build a graphical image of computer history, in particular operating systems. The Computer Revolution/Timeline at Wikibooks "File:Timeline.pdf - Engineering and Technology History Wiki" (PDF). ethw.org. 2012.

  8. List of Computer Chronicles episodes - Wikipedia

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    Computer Chronicles was created in 1983 by Stewart Cheifet (later the show's co-host), who was then the station manager of the College of San Mateo's KCSM-TV. The series was initially broadcast as a local weekly series, co-produced by WITF-TV in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

  9. Connection Machine - Wikipedia

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    The very first CM-1 is on permanent display in the Computer History Museum, Mountain View, California, which also has two other CM-1s and CM-5. [12] A CM-2 with flashing red LED arrays and its accompanying DataVault storage unit are on permanent display at the Computer Museum of America in Roswell, Georgia. [13]