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After 50 Years, Digital Voices Speak Again

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Instead, they were encoded in the grooves of a phonograph record bound inside the magazine. Due to their low cost, thin form factor, and pliability, flexi discs became the medium of choice for magazine publishers who wished to supplement articles with audio content. Joseph Campanella, and A.J.

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Flight Simulator Gave Birth to 3D Video-Game Graphics

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He credited their winged invention as “the World Wide Web of that era,” one that shifted the world into a global perspective. In September of 1982, Computer Gaming World magazine ranked Flight Simulator as the fourth best-selling title to date. Microsoft worried that some consumers might view it as a low-cost PC alternative.

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