Pac-Man Fever Begins - This Day in Tech History
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@bithistory.bsky.socialPac-Man Fever Begins - This Day in Tech History
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@bithistory.bsky.social💾 **500,000 Users Online — At the SAME TIME!**
A neat piece of early Internet history we picked up for the BitHistory collection!
This original America Online (AOL) plaque commemorates reaching **500,000 simultaneous users on October 27, 1997**
@bithistory.bsky.socialFirst Phone Call Over Outdoor Wires - This Day in Tech History
@bithistory.bsky.socialEver wanted to experiment with a vintage computer trainer?
Check out this browser-based emulator of the Kosmos CP1! A fun way to explore early microprocessor programming without needing the original hardware.
@bithistory.bsky.socialOctober 8, 1992
The video game Mortal Kombat is released into arcades. Now one of the most popular fighting game series in history
@bithistory.bsky.socialReady to go beyond BASIC? 🍎
From the BitHistory archives: Apple II–6502 Assembly Language Tutor (1983) by Richard E. Haskell. A 244-page guide to programming the Apple II at the machine level!
@bithistory.bsky.socialHyperCard lives again! 🍎
Remember Apple's legendary HyperCard? HC brings original HyperCard stacks and HyperTalk scripts to modern Macs, with added color support! Free, open source, and compatible with Intel and Apple Silicon.
@bithistory.bsky.socialPrince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner shares new details about the forgotten Prince of Persia 3D (1999). A fascinating piece of gaming history!