Category: Computers

Isn’t the IBM Thinkpad 701c Incredible?

The TrackWrite, also known as the butterfly keyboard, is a foldout laptop computer keyboard designed by John Karidis for IBM as part of the ThinkPad 701 series, released in 1995. It allowed the 701 series to be both compact (when closed) and comfortable to use (when open), despite being just 24.6 cm (9.7 in) wide with a 26.4 cm (10.4 in) VGA LCD. The 701 was the top selling laptop of 1995, however, as later laptop models featured progressively larger screens, the need for a folding keyboard was eliminated. Consequently, no model but the 701 used the butterfly keyboard.

ThinkPad is a brand of laptop computers originally designed, manufactured and sold by IBM that are known for their boxy black design, which was originally modeled after a traditional Japanese lunchbox. Since early 2005, the ThinkPad range has been manufactured and marketed by Lenovo, who purchased the IBM personal computer division.

Paul Reiser (born March 30, 1957) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, television personality, author, screenwriter and musician.

John Cleese doesn’t need the new Compaq Portable 286, he has Bruno

Compaq Computer Corporation was an American personal computer company founded in 1982, and is now a brand name of Hewlett-Packard. The Compaq Portable was one of the progenitors of today’s laptop; some called it a “suitcase computer” for its size and the look of its case

The Intel 80286, introduced on February 1, 1982 was an x86 16-bit microprocessor with 134,000 transistors. It was the first Intel processor that could run all the software written for its predecessor. It was widely used in IBM PC compatible computers during the mid 1980s to early 1990s.

[John] Cleese was educated at St Peter’s Preparatory School, Weston-super-Mare where he was a star pupil, receiving a prize for English and doing well at sports including cricket and boxing.

Ajay Bhatt, Co-Inventor of USB, is an Intel Rock Star

A rock star or rockstar is a member of a rock and roll band, or only an artist in the genre (the term usually implies celebrity status, or ‘stardom’).

In information technology, Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a serial bus standard to connect devices to a host computer. USB was designed to allow many peripherals to be connected using a single standardized interface socket and to improve plug and play capabilities by allowing hot swapping; that is, by allowing devices to be connected and disconnected without rebooting the computer or turning off the device.

The USB 1.0 specification was introduced in 1994. USB was created by the core group of companies that consisted of Intel, Compaq, Microsoft, Digital, IBM, and Northern Telecom.

At its founding, Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce wanted to name their new company Moore Noyce. The name, however, sounded remarkably similar to more noise — an ill-suited name for an electronics company, since noise is typically associated with bad interference. They then used the name NM Electronics for almost a year, before deciding to call their company INTegrated ELectronics or Intel for short. However, Intel was already trademarked by a hotel chain, so they had to buy the rights for that name at the beginning.

People said the Texican Whopper would never work

Different promotional varieties [of the Whopper] have appeared throughout the years for a limited time.

Lucha libre (Spanish for “free wrestling” or free fighting) is a term used in Mexico and other Spanish-speaking areas referring to a form of professional wrestling involving varied techniques and moves. Lucha libre performers are known as luchadores (singular luchador).

A cowboy is an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback, and often performs a multitude of other ranch-related tasks.

International fast food chain Burger King has employed varied advertising programs, both successful and unsuccessful, since its foundation in 1954.

Roquefort Hacks Cheddar

International Business Machines Corporation is a multinational computer technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, USA.

In a security context, a hacker is someone involved in computer security/insecurity, specializing in the discovery of exploits in systems, or in obtaining or preventing unauthorized access to systems through skills, tactics and detailed knowledge.

Cheddar cheese is a fairly hard, pale yellow to orange, sharp-tasting cheese originally (and still) made in the English village of Cheddar, in Somerset. Cheddar cheese is the most popular cheese in the United Kingdom, accounting for just over 50% of the country’s £1.9 billion annual cheese market.

Roquefort is a ewe’s-milk blue cheese from the south of France, and together with Bleu d’Auvergne, Stilton and Gorgonzola is one of the world’s greatest blue cheeses. Though similar cheeses are produced elsewhere, European law dictates that only those cheeses aged in the natural Combalou caves of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon may bear the name Roquefort, as it is a recognised geographical indication, or has a protected designation of origin.

Introducing the Apple IIc

The Apple IIc, the fourth model in the Apple II series of personal computers, was Apple Computer’s first endeavor to produce a portable computer. The end result was a luggable 7.5 pound notebook-sized version of the Apple II that could easily be transported from place to place. The c in the name stood for compact, referring to the fact it was essentially a complete Apple II computer setup (minus display and power supply) squeezed into a small notebook sized housing.

In technology, especially computing (irrespective of platform), a product is said to be backward compatible when it is able to take the place of an older product, by interoperating with products that were designed for the older product.