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August 3Rd James Gillray He was extensively caricatured where aliens created their own by cartoonist of the time, such as world through the power of August 3rd James Gillray. their minds . For more logic machines, see those by Jevons [Sept 1], Charles Stanhope Marquand [Dec 10], Peirce [Sept Nathan Myhrvold (Mahon), 3rd Earl 10], and Pastore [Nov 13]. Born: Aug. 3, 1959; Stanhope Seattle, Washington Alexander Schure Myhrvold and Chuck Whitmer Born: Aug. 3, 1753; created Mondrian, a clone of Stanhope, UK Born: Aug. 3, 1920; IBM’s TopView multitasking Died: 15 December 1816 Hamilton, Canada environment for DOS, which was Stanhope is remembered for his Died: October 29, 2009 both faster and smaller. calculating devices, which Microsoft liked it so much, that it Schure founded the New York bought the company in 1986, extended the stepped drum Institute of Technology (NYIT) and Myhrvold ended up working approach of Leibniz [July 1] with in 1955, and in November 1974 for Microsoft for 13 years, a tens-carry mechanism. Two of hired Edwin Catmull [March 31] becoming Chief Technology the prototypes were later to lead NYIT’s new computer Officer and founding Microsoft acquired by Charles Babbage graphics lab which went on to Research [Feb 26] in 1991. [Dec 26]. pioneer many new techniques. When the Science Museum in Stanhope also developed a range Schure funded Lance Williams' London built the computing of "logic machines". In unfinished “The Works”, which section of Charles Babbage’s particular, his "Demonstrator" would have been the first Difference Engine #2 in 1991 was able to solve elementary entirely 3D computer animated [Dec 26], Myhrvold funded the syllogisms and probability film. A trailer was screened at construction of the output unit. problems. In truth, the questions SIGGRAPH in 1982, and work on He also commissioned a second it could handle could just as it continued until 1986. The easily be solved without the aid Difference Engine for himself, technologies developed along which was on display at the of a machine, but it the way were employed in later Computer History Museum [Sept demonstrated to other animations. inventors, most notably to 24] for many years. Many alumni of Schure's NYIT, William Jevons [Sept 1], that this Myhrvold’s popular 1997 TED including Catmull, Alvy Ray approach could work. talk on dinosaur sex concluded Smith, David DiFrancesco, Ralph with him cracking a whip to Guggenheim, Jim Blinn, and Jim demonstrate the function of an Clark [March 23], became the Apatosaurus's tail. At that point core of the graphics group at he said, “With that I conclude— Lucasfilm [Sept 12], which later unless someone wants to come became Pixar [Feb 3]. up and talk about Microsoft as a dinosaur.” On Dec. 20, 2009, Myhrvold Guy L. (Bud) appeared on CNN to discuss his patented idea to eliminate global Tribble warming and climate change. It Born: Aug. 3, 1953; involves suspending hoses from helium balloons 25 km above USA the Earth. Tribble was the manager of the Apple Mac's software development team [Jan 24], and The Stanhope Demonstrator. helped to design its OS and user New Tendencies Science Museum Group interface. He was also among the 3 Aug. - 14 Sept. 1961 Collection. © The Board of founders of NeXT [Oct 12]. Trustees. Tribble coined the phrase From 1961 to 1973, several “Reality Distortion Field” in international exhibitions were Stanhope was known to his 1981, to describe Steve Jobs’ organized under the "New contemporaries for his strong [Feb 24] charismatic influence Tendencies" title in Zagreb, opposition to the slave trade, as on developers. Tribble later said Croatia, to promote concrete and well as to the war against France that the term came from Star constructive art, which later (1803-1814), which earned him Trek's [Sept 8] ’The Menagerie" came to include computer- the nickname Citizen Stanhope. (series 1, episodes 11 and 12), generated images and sculptures. 1 The second exhibition held in It supported 4 to 16 KB of RAM, that subsequent versions of the 1969 was entitled "Kompjuteri i 4 to 12 KB of ROM, had a 12" Newton improved the accuracy vizualna istrazivanja" display, a cassette-based data of the handwriting recognition (Computer and Visual Research), recorder, built-in BASIC, and to a point where it was actually and featured a 12-foot long included blackjack and quite useful. computer-generated nude by backgammon games. Apple only sold 50,000 units in Ken Knowlton [Feb 28] and RadioShack stores across Leon Harmon of Bell Labs, and America frequently ran them as the product’s first four months on the market, and this poor “Boeing Man” by William Fetter sales demos, introducing many showing contributed to John [March 14]. It was organized by people to the joys of computer Sculley’s [April 6] departure on Vladimir Bonacic and Ivan Picelj. gaming. Oct 15 1993. The year before, Bonacic had A novel "feature" of the TRS-80 When Steve Jobs returned in installed a computer-controlled was that it radiated so much 1997 [Sept 16], he quickly killed light show along the facade of interference that a radio placed the project. He had always been the NAMA department store in next to it could be used to critical of the device’s Zagreb. provide sounds. performance, the management The BASIC fit into 4 KB of team, and the use of a stylus memory, which left no room for (fingers were better, he TRS-80 unnecessary features such as believed). fancy error messages. Only three Aug, 3, 1977 were supported: WHAT?, HOW? and SORRY. Lewis Kornfeld, president of RadioShack [Feb 2], a division of The BASIC implementation was Tandy, announced the TRS-80. It by the TRS-80 designer, Steve became one of 1977’s trinity of Leininger, based on the public PCs, with the Apple II [June 5] domain “Palo Alto Tiny BASIC” and Commodore’s PET 2001 [June 10] that Li-Chen Wang [April 15]. However, the TRS-80 wrote in 1976. Leininger was was much cheaper than the also the chief architect of other two, and so over 10,000 Tandy’s Model II, Model III, and units were sold in the first six Color Computer. weeks, and 200,000 over the lifetime of the product. In 1980 On [March 29] 1984, Tandy InfoWorld described RadioShack released the first successful as “the dominant supplier of laptop, the Model 100. small computers”. “TRS” stood for “Tandy RadioShack” and the “80” The Newton referenced the machine’s microprocessor, the Zilog Z80 MessagePad [March 9]. Later on, the device Aug. 3, 1993 gained the label “Model 1” as RadioShack released newer Apple introduced the Newton machines. In any case, it was MessagePad, one of the first always best known by its jokey PDAs [Jan 7], at the Macworld nickname, the “Trash-80″. This Expo in Boston, a mere 14 was somewhat unfair, because months after it had been first the machine was actually very announced [May 29]. capable. Inside the 1 lb, 7.25 x 4.50 x 0.75 inch device was a 32-bit ARM chip [April 26], with 640 KB of RAM, and a 336 x 240 pixel LCD. The Newton was innovative, but expensive, and problems with its handwriting recognition [Feb 1], its most anticipated feature, eventually made it into a bit of a joke. For example, Garry Trudeau memorably mocked the Newton in a weeklong arc of his The TRS-80 Model I. Photo by comic strip Doonesbury [Aug Dave Jones. CC BY-SA 4.0. 23]. What’s often forgotten is 2 .
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