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
Posts filed under 'Trivia'
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
Charles Babbage
Question: Which of the following did computer pioneer Charles Babbage not do?
- have himself baked in an oven at 260 degrees
- calculate the chances of a man rising from the dead
- fight in a duel
- win a Gold Medal from the Royal Astronomical Society
Answer: fight in a duel
August 11th, 2008
Piles of punch cards
Question: Fifty years ago the ENIAC computer was given a complicated ballistics problem to solve. How many IBM cards were needed to input the initial conditions?
- 1,000
- 10,000
- 100,000
- 1,000,000
Answer: 1,000,000
August 10th, 2008
Cold email
Question: What is the two-letter Internet top-level domain name for Antarctica?
- AA
- AQ
- AX
- AR
Answer: AQ
August 9th, 2008
Amped up
Question: George Philbrick was a pioneer in analog computing. During the 1930's, he used feedback amplifier theory to develop what device?
- the flip flop
- the multivibrator
- the operational amplifier
- the vacuum tube
Answer: the operational amplifier
August 8th, 2008