Winter Break Approaches!
We hope you’ve all been well. We can’t believe it’s already December… Our movie screening for the month is tomorrow! Come drop by and say hi and watch Rock & Rule with us 😊
Winter Break Hours
Since this is the last week of school, this will likely be the last weekly email of this semester—at least, until the next semester starts. So, if you do not receive the newsletter next week or during break, that is why!
Additionally, during winter break, the media archeology lab will be closed.
Demo of the Week
Our demo of the week this week is Exploring Apple Logo on the Apple //c!
This program is a basic introduction to Logo, a programming language at the time that specialized in creating vector graphics.
Object of the Week
This week’s object is the Apple eMate 300!
It was one of the earlier examples of a touchscreen laptop; released in 1997 (which you might notice is extremely close to the release date of the iMac G3 in 1999), it is kind of similar to a Microsoft Surface laptop today. However, unlike the Surface, the eMate was not all that powerful, and was actually intended mostly for use in schools by young children. This is the main reason for its striking appearance, which even back in the time it was originally released looked more like a plastic toy than a laptop.
You may be surprised to learn that despite looking like a cheap toy, the Florida police department had plans to replace their computers with the eMate due to it being cheap and user friendly, as described in this article from MacWorld by Benj Edwards.
(Psst. You might also be interested to learn about the rest of the Apple Newton line of devices; where the eMate 300 is an early predecessor for a touchscreen laptop, the other Newtons were a predecessor for what we would call a tablet today. 😉)
Movie Screening of the Month
Our upcoming screening will be on December 5th at 7pm (tomorrow!).
Come join us and watch this classic film!
Lab Hours and Room Number
We are located in ATEC 1.705, right next to ATEC’s welcome center. Our open lab hours are:
Tuesday: 10:00am-5:00pm
Wednesday: 2:00pm-6:00pm
Thursday: 10:00am-4:00pm
Thank you for reading our newsletter! We hope to see you soon and wish you a stress-free week.
Sincerely,
The Media Archeology Lab
The University of Texas at Dallas
