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A Galaxy of Possibilities – Xerox Star & Daybreak ( blisscast.wordpress.com )

Let’s have a look at the very first commercial computer with a graphical user interface, called Xerox Star, which was the successor of the Xerox Alto! What did its marvelous GUI look like? Was it ground-breaking and easy to use as we’d expect? Or, perhaps, was it too ahead of its time? Well then, let’s find out!...

The Majestic Birth of Graphical User Interfaces – Xerox Alto and the Alto Trek game ( blisscast.wordpress.com )

Can you imagine a time before the Graphical User Interface, when you could only operate a computer with abstract-looking text instead of using simple menus, and it was unheard of to use the oh-so-common mouse? A time when computers were harder to learn, and even harder to master? Well then, join us on our splendid trip where...

A Marvelous Footnote in Tech History – the Mindset Computer and the Vyper Game ( blisscast.wordpress.com )

Even if it’s not anywhere as famous as Silicon Graphics machines, this workstation from the 80s has something that others don’t have; a game exclusive to it, that fully takes advantage of the so impressive graphics that it could display! Check it out at the link here!...

The Magic of the Wii Startup Disc ( lemmy.world )

What would you do if, in 2006, your newly bought Wii told you to insert a Startup Disc that is not in your Wii box? Where do you find it then? Does it exist? Is it a bug? Can you burn one of these on a CD or DVD with your parents’ pc without them noticing? Will pressing A+B+Down on your Wii Remote skip that screen and let you...

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