Results for "Computer games -- Programming -- History"
- Finding Aid
SIA RU009533, Minicomputers and Microcomputers Videohistory Collection, 1987
- Date: 1987
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
She Blinded Me With . . . Software?
- Date: March 7, 2013
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: In this interview, Roberta Williams describes how she creates the story and graphics for a computer game, King's Quest.
- Blog Post
Museum Computer Network and the Smithsonian Institution: The Vision
- Date: April 13, 2017
- Description: In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Museum Computer Network, this first blog explores the early interactions of MCN with the Smithsonian.
Digital Dilemma: Preserving Computer Aided Design (CAD) Files
- Date: December 1, 2011
- Description: Smithsonian Institution museums, buildings, electronic records preservation, CAD files, PDF/E
Preservation of Executable Files
- Date: July 24, 2012
- Description: As archives begin to receive executable files, archives must think about if and how to preserve them so their content lasts.
Link Love: 10/18/2019
- Date: October 18, 2019
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.
- SI History Chronology
Smithsonian Observatory Creates Its Computer Section
- Date: 1959
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 84-099, Smithsonian Institution Office of Programming and Budget, Records, FY 1979
- Date: 1978 1978-1979 FY 1979
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Programming and Budget
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 82-018, Smithsonian Institution Office of Programming and Budget, Records, 1963-1979
- Date: 1963 1963-1979
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Programming and Budget
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 87-177, Smithsonian Institution Office of Programming and Budget, Records, 1982-1984
- Date: 1982 1982-1984
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Programming and Budget
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 88-166, Smithsonian Institution Office of Programming and Budget, Records, 1983-1985
- Date: 1983 1983-1985
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Programming and Budget
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Blog Post
Holding on to Virtual Worlds
- Date: June 23, 2010
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="385" caption="Games, by Axel Tregoning, Creative Commons: Attribution 2.0."][/caption] While some people seem to enjoy fantasizing about doomsday scenarios and the end of the “real” world, a recent piece on Ars Tehchnica’s website makes it clear that virtual worlds don’t last forever, either.