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In a Beautifully Connected World – Apollo Aegis in c/[email protected]
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I watch a lot of channels like that! My main inspiration for this series has been Michael MJD, but I also recommend Action Retro for Mac stuff and Tech Tangents for more technical and niche things.

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In a Beautifully Connected World – Apollo Aegis (blisscast.wordpress.com)
 

Let’s continue our journey in GUI Wonderland by exploring the Apollo/Domain systems! We’ll see how their intriguing opportunities for network computing made them special, in an age when personal systems were on the rise, and we’ll have a look at their multiple available GUIs!

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A Flowing River of Creativity – Three Rivers / ICL PERQ (blisscast.wordpress.com)
 

Let’s continue once again our magical trip into GUI Wonderland, and leave timesharing behind with the extremely capable Three Rivers / ICL PERQ and its stunning graphical capabilities! If you want to come with us, feel free to check this article out!

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At IT School with Apple Lisa (blisscast.wordpress.com)
 

Let’s continue our marvelous trip into GUI Wonderland, where we’ll learn 80s computing alongside our trusty Apple Lisa, the first personal computer with a GUI!

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A Galaxy of Possibilities – Xerox Star & Daybreak (blisscast.wordpress.com)
 

Let’s have a look at the very first commercial computer with a graphical user interface, called Xerox Star, which was the successor of the Xerox Alto! What did its marvelous GUI look like? Was it ground-breaking and easy to use as we’d expect? Or, perhaps, was it too ahead of its time? Well then, let’s find out!

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The Majestic Birth of Graphical User Interfaces – Xerox Alto and the Alto Trek game (blisscast.wordpress.com)
 

Can you imagine a time before the Graphical User Interface, when you could only operate a computer with abstract-looking text instead of using simple menus, and it was unheard of to use the oh-so-common mouse? A time when computers were harder to learn, and even harder to master? Well then, join us on our splendid trip where we’ll discover one of the very first GUIs in a personal computer, found on the Xerox Alto!

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How I Got into Pokémon Glitches (blisscast.wordpress.com)
 

Did you know that the first Pokémon games were full of fascinating errors in code, called glitches? I’m incredibly captivated by the mysteries behind them and by what they can do! So, let’s have a look at how I personally got into them! ✨

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A Marvelous Footnote in Tech History – the Mindset Computer and the Vyper Game (blisscast.wordpress.com)
 

Even if it’s not anywhere as famous as Silicon Graphics machines, this workstation from the 80s has something that others don’t have; a game exclusive to it, that fully takes advantage of the so impressive graphics that it could display! Check it out at the link here!

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