History Archives - Paleotronic Magazine https://paleotronic.com/category/history/ Electronics, Computing and Videogame History! Fri, 21 May 2021 19:31:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 http://paleotronic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/cropped-keyicon-1-32x32.png History Archives - Paleotronic Magazine https://paleotronic.com/category/history/ 32 32 146320098 Past and Future Turtles: The Evolution of the Logo Programming Language (Part 1) http://paleotronic.com/2021/05/22/past-and-future-turtles-the-evolution-of-the-logo-programming-language-part-1/ http://paleotronic.com/2021/05/22/past-and-future-turtles-the-evolution-of-the-logo-programming-language-part-1/#respond Fri, 21 May 2021 19:31:07 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=17300 When I was a young child, one of my best friends was a turtle. Not a real turtle, although that would have been fun, but a virtual one. My turtle lived inside of an Apple [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2021/05/22/past-and-future-turtles-the-evolution-of-the-logo-programming-language-part-1/feed/ 0 17300 Paleotronic’s 12 Years of Retro Christmas Returns… Again! http://paleotronic.com/2020/12/14/paleotronics-12-years-of-retro-christmas-returns-again/ http://paleotronic.com/2020/12/14/paleotronics-12-years-of-retro-christmas-returns-again/#respond Sun, 13 Dec 2020 19:06:25 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=15904 Did you miss it last year? Well, here’s another chance to check out Paleotronic’s 12 years of Retro-Christmas, a series of 12 mini-mags looking back at consumer electronics covering the years 1980-1991. It was the [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2020/12/14/paleotronics-12-years-of-retro-christmas-returns-again/feed/ 0 15904 Gerbil in a Microwave: Radio Death Rays! http://paleotronic.com/2020/10/12/gerbil-in-a-microwave-radio-death-rays/ http://paleotronic.com/2020/10/12/gerbil-in-a-microwave-radio-death-rays/#respond Mon, 12 Oct 2020 01:56:30 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=14743 In 1999, the Internet went nuclear over an Macromedia Flash animation that allowed the user to microwave a cartoon gerbil until it exploded! Joe Cartoon was a website created by Joseph Shields that featured crude [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2020/10/12/gerbil-in-a-microwave-radio-death-rays/feed/ 0 14743 The Big Shock: Electrocution’s use to save lives – or end them http://paleotronic.com/2020/10/11/the-big-shock-electrocutions-use-to-save-lives-or-end-them/ http://paleotronic.com/2020/10/11/the-big-shock-electrocutions-use-to-save-lives-or-end-them/#respond Sun, 11 Oct 2020 01:45:18 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=14735 The words “electroshock therapy” tend to conjure images of darkened rooms in insane asylums where inmates are mercilessly tortured via electrocution. But this is largely an unfair construction of Hollywood movies and television shows, out [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2020/10/11/the-big-shock-electrocutions-use-to-save-lives-or-end-them/feed/ 0 14735 Rabid Arcade Rats: Scary Arcade Games http://paleotronic.com/2020/10/10/rabid-arcade-rats-scary-arcade-games/ http://paleotronic.com/2020/10/10/rabid-arcade-rats-scary-arcade-games/#respond Sat, 10 Oct 2020 01:38:58 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=14710 As this issue of Paleotronic magazine is Halloween themed, being asked to write an article discussing the history of arcade horror games fits perfectly, even if you are not a big fan on the horror [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2020/10/10/rabid-arcade-rats-scary-arcade-games/feed/ 0 14710 Paleotronic’s Light Pens and Plotters http://paleotronic.com/2020/06/02/paleotronics-light-pens-and-plotters/ http://paleotronic.com/2020/06/02/paleotronics-light-pens-and-plotters/#respond Tue, 02 Jun 2020 05:31:42 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=12513 So, it’s 1983 and you’ve saved up and bought yourself a shiny new computer with state-of-the-art graphics capabilities, and you’re ready to become a digital Picasso. But then you realise the only way you can [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2020/06/02/paleotronics-light-pens-and-plotters/feed/ 0 12513 The Amazing Amiga http://paleotronic.com/2020/01/18/the-amazing-amiga/ http://paleotronic.com/2020/01/18/the-amazing-amiga/#respond Sat, 18 Jan 2020 03:11:17 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=10278 The Amiga represented an evolutionary leap forward in computing’s creative potential. While colour computer graphics were not a new invention, the Amiga provided a video mode capable of displaying 4096 colours – previously unprecedented in [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2020/01/18/the-amazing-amiga/feed/ 0 10278 The Story of Jack and Jay: An 8-Bit Fairy Tale http://paleotronic.com/2020/01/12/the-story-of-jack-and-jay-an-8-bit-fairy-tale/ http://paleotronic.com/2020/01/12/the-story-of-jack-and-jay-an-8-bit-fairy-tale/#respond Sun, 12 Jan 2020 04:44:47 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=10177 Once upon a time… …in a land far away lived Jack and Jay. Jack was the Commander of an armada known as  Commodore, while Jay was a Grand Wizard in the royal court of the [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2020/01/12/the-story-of-jack-and-jay-an-8-bit-fairy-tale/feed/ 0 10177 Paleotronic’s 12 Years of Retro-Christmas Returns! http://paleotronic.com/2019/12/14/paleotronics-12-years-of-retro-christmas-returns/ http://paleotronic.com/2019/12/14/paleotronics-12-years-of-retro-christmas-returns/#respond Sat, 14 Dec 2019 07:30:00 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=9703 Did you miss it last year? Well, here’s another chance to check out Paleotronic’s 12 years of Retro-Christmas, a series of 12 mini-mags looking back at consumer electronics covering the years 1980-1991. It was the [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2019/12/14/paleotronics-12-years-of-retro-christmas-returns/feed/ 0 9703 Christmas Lemmings! http://paleotronic.com/2019/12/13/christmas_lemmings_commodore_amiga/ http://paleotronic.com/2019/12/13/christmas_lemmings_commodore_amiga/#respond Fri, 13 Dec 2019 03:35:06 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=9650 My task, should I accept (and you did – Ed) was to write an article about Christmas Lemmings as a segue into Lemmings in general. The reason behind this, is simply to meet my brief [more...]

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