Imagine having a dictionary, thesaurus, the World Almanac, Bartlett`s Familiar Quotations and a national ZIP code directory on a tiny disk with the information retrievable instantly by computer. Such ...
Unlike today, it didn't always seem retro to put a compact disc in a computer in order to find information — three decades ago, in fact, it seemed very cutting edge. As the CBC's Fred Langan reported ...
October 19, 1992: Apple launches the Mac IIvx, the first Macintosh computer to ship with a metal case and, more importantly, an internal CD-ROM drive. The last of the Macintosh II series, the Mac IIvx ...