Matthew Reed

"This article talks about one of those beginnings - the one that took place in the city of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Starting in the research labs of the University of Michigan, and moving out into the surrounding community, Ann Arbor's conferencing systems were among the first to make sophisticated computer conferencing systems publicly available. The software developed in Ann Arbor, and many of the ideas incorporated in it, have been extremely influential and have been much copied. At the same time, Ann Arbor's systems have a history of dedication to free public access and to democratic control that remains unique world-wide." - Matthew Reed

Panik was not based on any particular arcade game; as one advertisement described it: “It has a little of all arcade games built in, but is its own original game.” It was written by William Demas, author of three other games for the TRS-80: Scott Adams’ Adventure #12 (sold by Adventure International) Forbidden Planet (sold by Fantastic Software) Forbidden City (sold by Fantastic Software) One of the advertisements for Panik contained this overview: - Matthew Reed

"Panda Programming operates a TOPS-20 system, Lingling.Panda.COM, which benchmarks at about 16 times faster than a KL10 and 75 times faster than a KS10. Like its predecessors, Lingling is a microcoded machine. The microcode is standard KLH10, the micromachine is an AMD Athlon 1700+, and the microcode operating system is Gibraltar, a secure CD-ROM based version of Debian Linux. We believe that Lingling is the fastest TOPS-20 system of all time." - Matthew Reed

"This is a reference manual, it is not intended to teach you BASIC. It gives a summary of the BBC BASIC commands and functions plus some hints and tips on their use. A general knowledge of BASIC has been assumed." - Matthew Reed

"PaperBack is a free application that allows you to back up your precious files on the ordinary paper in the form of the oversized bitmaps. If you have a good laser printer with the 600 dpi resolution, you can save up to 500,000 bytes of uncompressed data on the single A4/Letter sheet. Integrated packer allows for much better data density - up to 3,000,000+ (three megabytes) of C code per page." - Matthew Reed

"A technology study of the Apple III" - Matthew Reed

"Announcing: Communicating on Broadcast Media is an open-content textbook on the profession of announcing. It is a Wikibook, a free online book anyone can read, write, or edit." - Matthew Reed

"Welcome to the home page of the Apple IIgs Laptop project. While many people over the years have talked about this project in one respect or another, the dreaming can finally stop. The future is here for the IIgs." - Matthew Reed

"Your source for old and rare components for arcade games, old school computers, and old school game consoles!" - Matthew Reed

"The creators of OS/2 had great plans and expectations. Twenty years later, it is clear that OS/2 largely failed. There is no single reason for this failure and different people will have different views. I will attempt to present and analyze some of the major reasons." - Matthew Reed

"This double-sideband (DSB) radiotelephone transmitter is powered entirely by the instantaneous (not stored) energy produced in the operator's voice. The RF output power in my prototype falls within the range of 5 to 15mW. The circuit is essentially a high-level DSB modulator/crystal-controlled RF oscillator. To date, my best DX QSO with this radio stands at 160km/100 miles!" - Matthew Reed

"Starting Forth, the classic Forth language tutorial, is available here in its official online edition." - Matthew Reed

"This is a listing of 193 sites that legally offer free books (eBooks) for download or for online viewing." - Matthew Reed

"This FAQ covers the Commodore version of an operating system called "GEOS" by Berkeley Softworks. In particular, this FAQ focuses on the Commodore 64 and 128 versions of this software." - Matthew Reed

"Home recording begins and advances at Recording Website. Learn the basics, get and give recording advice and get a wealth of recording resources, such as tips and articles." - Matthew Reed

"Internet Explorer Collection contains multiple IE versions, which are standalone so they can be used at the same time." - Matthew Reed

"On this site you will find collection of tools created by author to be used with Sony PRS Reader." - Matthew Reed