Before he was an admiral
Question: The first computer that Commodore sold was the…
- KIM-1
- PET
- VIC-20
- Plus-4
Answer: KIM-1
The KIM-1 had a whopping 1,152 bytes of memory
Add comment September 30th, 2007
Archive for September, 2007
Let’s play Hardball
Question: When did cable channel MSNBC begin broadcasting?
- July 15, 1995
- January 15, 1996
- July 15, 1996
- January 15, 1997
Answer: July 15, 1996
Add comment September 29th, 2007
Who am I?
Question:
Name this computer.
- Apple // GS
- Atari 1450 XLD
- Texas Instruments 99/4A
- TRS-80 Color Computer
Answer: Texas Instruments 99/4A
Source: image from 99er Magazine
Add comment September 28th, 2007
Free domain names
Question: InterNIC started charging for domain names in what year?
- 1994
- 1995
- 1996
- 1997
Answer: 1995
September 14, 1995.
Add comment September 27th, 2007
If only….
Question: What year did Netscape go public with its stock offering?
- 1993
- 1994
- 1995
- 1996
Answer: 1995
August 8, 1995
Add comment September 26th, 2007
USENET
Question: Name the first two colleges to establish exchange of information via
Usenet.
Answer: Duke and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Usenet was created by by Tom Truscott and Steve Bellovin in 1979.
Add comment September 25th, 2007
PASSWD
Question: How many fields are there in a typical ‘/etc/passwd’ entry?
- six
- seven
- eight
- six or eight, depending on whether it’s System V or BSD.
Answer: seven
Add comment September 24th, 2007
Modem
Question: Hayes shipped its first modems in what year?
- 1975
- 1976
- 1977
- 1978
Answer: 1978
The first Hayes modems worked at 300 bits per second.
Add comment September 23rd, 2007
Anonymous
Question: According to the famous 1993 New Yorker cartoon: On the Internet,
nobody knows you’re…
Answer: a dog
Add comment September 22nd, 2007
Would you buy a used car from this man?
Question:
What computer is this? (Hint: It is named for the person standing behind it.)
- Compaq
- Osborne 1
- Sinclair 1000
- SOL
Answer: Osborne 1
Source: image from Creative Computing, from Osborne press release
Add comment September 21st, 2007