Was it spam?
Question: The first e-mail message was sent between Los Angeles and what other city?
- Menlo Park, California
- Murray Hill, New Jersey
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Lagos, Nigeria
Answer: Menlo Park, California
August 21st, 2008
Archive for August, 2008
Not pocket change
Question: In the 1960's, DEC unveiled the first PDP-8 computer. If you got the basic model with 4K of core memory, a teletype, and software, it would have cost you…
- about $18,000
- about $22,000
- about $32,000
- about $50,000
Answer: about $18,000
Actually, $18,500
August 20th, 2008
Cache me if you can
Question: A cache is a place in your computer's memory where you store frequently used information for quick access. The cache was developed at IBM, but under a different name. What was it called?
- a buffer
- a duffer
- a muffer
- a suffer
Answer: a muffer
August 19th, 2008
Attack of the clones
Question: IBM begin selling non-IBM built clones in 1992, the Ambra line. Who built these clones?
- Dell
- Hitachi
- Wearne Brothers
Answer: Wearne Brothers
The line was canceled in August, 1994.
August 17th, 2008
Knight Rider
Question: A computerized car named KITT was featured on the Knight Rider TV series. What does KITT stand for?
Answer: Knight Industries Two Thousand
August 16th, 2008
Macintosh
Question: According to The Mac Bathroom Reader by Owen Linzmayer, Apple in the early 1980's considered shortening the name of the Macintosh to simply Mac. What did M-A-C stand for?
Answer: mouse-activated computer
August 15th, 2008
Just because you can…
Question: Around 1994, Paul Haas of Ypsilanti, Michigan connected several odd devices to the World Wide Web. Which of these didn't he connect to the Web?
- hot tub
- refrigerator
- microwave oven
Answer: microwave oven
August 14th, 2008
Unsubscribe
Question: What famous computer personality's e-mail address was printed in the New Yorker in 1994, causing him to be deluged with mail?
Answer: Bill Gates
August 13th, 2008
Time in a bottle
Question: In December, 1994, just for fun, the MIT museum filled a time capsule with a group of strange computer artifacts. Which of the following was not included?
- an Internet Barbie doll
- an autographed picture of Bill Gates
- a copy of Windows 3.1
Answer: an autographed picture of Bill Gates
August 12th, 2008