In the world of computers and electronics, there are a lot of terms that can be perplexing. One such term that often crops up is "ROM." But what is ROM, and how does it function within the framework ...

Yesterday`s high-technology is today`s ho-hum. Three years ago, sealed aluminum platters called ”hard disks” for microcomputers were really high tech. With a 10 megabyte hard disk, the equivalent of 4 ...

Developing for extremely old computers is a chore; not only are you limited by assembly or pure machine language, there’s also the issue of burning ROMs to actually run your programs. [Frank Buss] ...

If you’ve got an old calculator, Commodore 64, or any other device that used a tape recorder to store and retrieve data, you’ve probably also got a bunch of cassettes lying around, right? Well, you ...

A self-described computer geek has revealed a previously secret "easter egg" image file buried in the ROM code of the 27-year-old Power Macintosh G3 that shows the team that worked on the project.

Wendy Taylor giggles as she clicks her computer cursor on a toy firetruck. Its siren fills the quiet room. “And I get paid for this,” said Taylor, the children’s librarian at Kent Memorial Library.