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   benklaasen@mastodon.social's status on Saturday, 18-Mar-2023 13:38:18 JST benklaasen

   Remember when software came with manuals, written by professional technical writers with design and layout by professional designers? #retrocomputing

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     benklaasen@mastodon.social's status on Saturday, 18-Mar-2023 13:38:18 JST benklaasen

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     But why, oh why, did the marketing folks behind these mass-market machines have to gender the branding so heavily? Look who's at the keyboard in these photos, who's guiding, who's entirely a passive observer and who's entirely absent.

     Thomas 🔭🕹️ repeated this.
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     benklaasen@mastodon.social's status on Saturday, 18-Mar-2023 13:38:18 JST benklaasen

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     • Mar Hicks

     If you're interested in this stuff, I highly recommend @histoftech 's "Programmed Inequality" and #nathanensmenger 's "The Computer Boys Take Over".

     I genuinely believe that for those of us interested in #retrocomputing, it's important to be aware of how the field of computing got to be as amoral and unethical as it is. Retrocomputing isn't just about clever but forgotten technical ideas.