Popular Electronics

Popular Electronics is an American magazine published by John August Media, LLC, and hosted at TechnicaCuriosa.com. ^[1]

76 relations: Altair 8800, Amateur radio, Apple II, Arizona State University, BASIC, Bill Gates, Byte (magazine), CBS, Citizens band radio, CK722, Commodore PET, Computer terminal, COSMAC ELF, Creative Computing (magazine), Cromemco, Cromemco Cyclops, Cromemco Dazzler, Cuban Missile Crisis, Daniel Meyer (engineer), Digest size, Don Lancaster, Ed Roberts (computer engineer), Electronics Illustrated, Fawcett Publications, Forrest Mims, Glenn Hauser, Hands-On Electronics, Harry Garland, Heathkit, Intel 8008, Intel 8080, John Simonton, Kenbak-1, Lafayette College, Lee Felsenstein, Letter (paper size), Light-emitting diode, MacUser, Mark-8, Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems, Microsoft, Modem, Modern Electronics, Nuts and Volts, Paul Allen, PC Magazine, Pennywhistle modem, Popular Electronics, Popular Mechanics, Printed circuit board, ..., Processor Technology, Psychedelia, Radio News, Radio-Electronics, Roger Melen, Rupert Murdoch, S-100 bus, San Antonio Express-News, Sans-serif, Shortwave listening, Silicon controlled rectifier, Southwest Research Institute, Stanford University, SWTPC, Texas State University, Time-sharing, Transistor, TRS-80, TV Typewriter, United States dollar, Vacuum tube, Very high frequency, WGU-20, William Bernard Ziff Jr., Ziff Davis, 12AX7. Expand index (26 more) » « Shrink index

Altair 8800

The Altair 8800 is a microcomputer designed in 1974 by MITS and based on the Intel 8080 CPU.

Amateur radio, also known as ham radio, describes the use of radio frequency spectrum for purposes of non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, private recreation, radiosport, contesting, and emergency communication.

Apple II

The Apple II (stylized as Apple.

Arizona State University

Arizona State University (commonly referred to as ASU or Arizona State) is a public metropolitan research university on five campuses across the Phoenix metropolitan area, and four regional learning centers throughout Arizona.

BASIC

BASIC (an acronym for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) is a family of general-purpose, high-level programming languages whose design philosophy emphasizes ease of use.

Bill Gates

William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, investor, author, philanthropist, humanitarian, and principal founder of Microsoft Corporation.

Byte (magazine)

Byte was an American microcomputer magazine, influential in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s because of its wide-ranging editorial coverage.

CBS

CBS (an initialism of the network's former name, the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation.

Citizens band radio

Citizens band radio (also known as CB radio) is, in many countries, a system of short-distance radio communications between individuals typically on a selection of 40 channels within the 27 MHz (11 m) band.

CK722

The CK722 was the first low-cost junction transistor available to the general public.

Commodore PET

The Commodore PET (Personal Electronic Transactor) is a line of home/personal computers produced starting in 1977 by Commodore International.

Computer terminal

A computer terminal is an electronic or electromechanical hardware device that is used for entering data into, and displaying or printing data from, a computer or a computing system.

COSMAC ELF

The COSMAC Elf was an RCA 1802 microprocessor-based computer described in a series of construction articles in Popular Electronics magazine in 1976 and 1977.

Creative Computing (magazine)

Creative Computing was one of the earliest magazines covering the microcomputer revolution.

Cromemco

Cromemco was a Mountain View, California microcomputer company known for its high-end Z80-based S-100 bus computers and peripherals in the early days of the personal computer revolution.

Cromemco Cyclops

The Cromemco Cyclops, introduced in 1975 by Cromemco, was the first commercial all-digital camera using a digital MOS area image sensor.

Cromemco Dazzler

Cromemco's Dazzler (or TV DAZZLER) was a graphics card for S-100 bus computers.

Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis of 1962 (Crisis de Octubre), the Caribbean Crisis, or the Missile Scare, was a 13-day (October 16–28, 1962) confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning American ballistic missile deployment in Italy and Turkey with consequent Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba.

Daniel Meyer (engineer)

Daniel Meyer (February 6, 1932 – May 16, 1998) was the founder and president Southwest Technical Products Corporation.

Digest size

Digest size is a magazine size, smaller than a conventional or "journal size" magazine but larger than a standard paperback book, approximately, but can also be and.

Don Lancaster

Donald E. Lancaster is an American author, inventor, and microcomputer pioneer.

Ed Roberts (computer engineer)

Henry Edward "Ed" Roberts (September 13, 1941 – April 1, 2010) was an American engineer, entrepreneur and medical doctor who invented the first commercially successful personal computer in 1975.

Electronics Illustrated

Electronics Illustrated was an American magazine started in May 1958 by Fawcett Publications, the publishers of Mechanix Illustrated.

Fawcett Publications

Fawcett Publications was an American publishing company founded in 1919 in Robbinsdale, Minnesota by Wilford Hamilton "Captain Billy" Fawcett (1885–1940).

Forrest Mims

Forrest M. Mims III is an American amateur scientist, ForrestMims.org, October 30, 2006 magazine columnist, and author of the popular Getting Started in Electronics and Engineer's Mini-Notebook series of instructional books that was originally sold in Radio Shack electronics stores.

Glenn Hauser

Glenn Hauser (born April 12, 1945 in Berkeley, California) is an internationally known American DXer and radio host from Enid, Oklahoma.

Hands-On Electronics

Hands-On Electronics was an electronics hobbyist magazine published by Gernsback Publications in the United States from 1980 to 1989.

Harry Garland

Harry T. Garland (born 1947) is a scientist, engineer, author, and entrepreneur who co-founded Cromemco Inc., one of the earliest and most successful microcomputer companies.

Heathkit

Heathkit is the brand name of kits and other electronic products produced and marketed by the Heath Company.

Intel 8008

The Intel 8008 ("eight-thousand-eight" or "eighty-oh-eight") is an early byte-oriented microprocessor designed and manufactured by Intel and introduced in April 1972.

Intel 8080

The Intel 8080 ("eighty-eighty") was the second 8-bit microprocessor designed and manufactured by Intel and was released in April 1974.

John Simonton

John Stayton Simonton Jr. (June 24, 1943 – November 25, 2005) was a circuit designer, author of electronics articles, and founder of PAiA Electronics, a manufacturer of analog synthesizer kits.

Kenbak-1

The Kenbak-1 is considered by the Computer History Museum and the American Computer Museum to be the world's first "personal computer", invented by John V. Blankenbaker (1930-) of Kenbak Corporation in 1970, and first sold in early 1971.

Lafayette College

Lafayette College is a private liberal arts college based in Easton, Pennsylvania, with a campus in New York City, New York.

Lee Felsenstein

Lee Felsenstein (born April 27, 1945) is an American computer engineer who played a central role in the development of the personal computer.

Letter (paper size)

Letter or ANSI Letter is a paper size commonly used as home or office stationery in the United States, Canada, Chile, Mexico, the Dominican Republic and the Philippines.

Light-emitting diode

A light-emitting diode (LED) is a two-lead semiconductor light source.

MacUser

MacUser was a monthly (formerly biweekly) computer magazine published by Dennis Publishing Ltd. and licensed by Felden in the UK.

Mark-8

The Mark-8 is a microcomputer design from 1974, based on the Intel 8008 CPU (which was the world's first 8-bit microprocessor).

Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems

Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS) was an American electronics company founded in Albuquerque, New Mexico that began manufacturing electronic calculators in 1971 and personal computers in 1975.

Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation (abbreviated as MS) is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington.

Modem

A modem (modulator–demodulator) is a network hardware device that modulates one or more carrier wave signals to encode digital information for transmission and demodulates signals to decode the transmitted information.

Modern Electronics

Modern Electronics was a hobbyist magazine published from October 1984 to March 1991.

Nuts and Volts

Nuts and Volts is a monthly American magazine for the hands-on hobbyist, design engineer, technician, and experimenter.

Paul Allen

Paul Gardner Allen (born January 21, 1953) is an American business magnate, investor and philanthropist.

PC Magazine

PC Magazine (shortened as PCMag) is an American computer magazine published by Ziff Davis.

Pennywhistle modem

The Pennywhistle was an early acoustic coupler modem originally designed and built by Lee Felsenstein in 1973, and later commercialized and offered for sale in 1976.

Popular Electronics

Popular Electronics is an American magazine published by John August Media, LLC, and hosted at TechnicaCuriosa.com.

Popular Mechanics

Popular Mechanics is a classic magazine of popular science and technology.

Printed circuit board

A printed circuit board (PCB) mechanically supports and electrically connects electronic components or electrical components using conductive tracks, pads and other features etched from one or more sheet layers of copper laminated onto and/or between sheet layers of a non-conductive substrate.

Processor Technology

Processor Technology Corporation was a personal computer company founded in April 1975 by Gary Ingram and Bob Marsh in Berkeley, California.

Psychedelia

Psychedelia is the subculture, originating in the 1960s, of people who often use psychedelic drugs such as LSD, mescaline (found in peyote) and psilocybin (found in some mushrooms).

Radio News

Radio News was an American monthly technology magazine published from 1919 to 1971.

Radio-Electronics

Radio-Electronics was an American electronics magazine that was published under various titles from 1929 to 2003.

Roger Melen

Roger Douglas Melen (born 1946) is an electrical engineer recognized for his early contributions to the microcomputer industry, and for his technical innovations.

Rupert Murdoch

Keith Rupert Murdoch, (born 11 March 1931) is an Australian-born American media mogul.

S-100 bus

The S-100 bus or Altair bus, IEEE696-1983 (withdrawn), was an early computer bus designed in 1974 as a part of the Altair 8800.

San Antonio Express-News

The San Antonio Express-News is a daily newspaper in San Antonio, Texas.

Sans-serif

In typography and lettering, a sans-serif, sans serif, gothic, or simply sans letterform is one that does not have extending features called "serifs" at the end of strokes.

Shortwave listening

Shortwave listening, or SWLing, is the hobby of listening to shortwave radio broadcasts located on frequencies between 1700 kHz and 30 MHz.

Silicon controlled rectifier

A silicon controlled rectifier or semiconductor-controlled rectifier is a four-layer solid-state current-controlling device.

Southwest Research Institute

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is one of the oldest and largest independent, nonprofit, applied research and development (R&D) organizations in the United States.

Stanford University

Stanford University (officially Leland Stanford Junior University, colloquially the Farm) is a private research university in Stanford, California.

SWTPC

The U.S. company SWTPC started in 1964 as DEMCO (Daniel E. Meyer Company).

Texas State University

Texas State University is a public research university located in San Marcos, Texas, United States.

Time-sharing

In computing, time-sharing is the sharing of a computing resource among many users by means of multiprogramming and multi-tasking at the same time.

Transistor

A transistor is a semiconductor device used to amplify or switch electronic signals and electrical power.

TRS-80

The TRS-80 Micro Computer System (TRS-80, later renamed the Model I to distinguish it from successors) is a desktop microcomputer launched in 1977 and sold by Tandy Corporation through their Radio Shack stores.

TV Typewriter

The TV Typewriter was a video terminal that could display two pages of 16 lines of 32 upper case characters on a standard television set.

United States dollar

The United States dollar (sign: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ and referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, or American dollar) is the official currency of the United States and its insular territories per the United States Constitution since 1792.

Vacuum tube

In electronics, a vacuum tube, an electron tube, or just a tube (North America), or valve (Britain and some other regions) is a device that controls electric current between electrodes in an evacuated container.

Very high frequency

Very high frequency (VHF) is the ITU designation for the range of radio frequency electromagnetic waves (radio waves) from 30 to 300 megahertz (MHz), with corresponding wavelengths of ten to one meter.

WGU-20

WGU-20, also known as "the last radio station," was operated by the United States Defense Civil Preparedness Agency (one of the two agencies later merged to become the Federal Emergency Management Agency) in the mid-to-late 1970s.

William Bernard Ziff Jr.

William Bernard Ziff Jr. (June 24, 1930 – September 9, 2006) was an American publishing executive.

Ziff Davis

Ziff Davis, LLC is an American publisher and Internet company.

12AX7

12AX7 (also known as ECC83) is a vacuum tube that is a miniature dual triode - 6AV6 with high voltage gain.

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