The Digital Research Initiative
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Throught the 1980's and into the 1990's, microchips have become more and more powerful. The manufacturers of computer hardware have been in a constant race to produce better and better microchips.


MMX Pentium Microchips


The Motorola PowerPC 740 and 750 Microprocessor


A Motherboard

  • The Ubiquitous Chip

  • The Year 2000 Bug
  • Based on a timely topicóthe millennium bug, that ticking time bomb triggered by antiquated software codeóthe new ad created by Apple and its advertising agency, TBWA/Chiat/Day, stars the most sinister computer villain of all time, the HAL 9000 from Stanley Kubrickís, ì2001: A Space Odyssey.î

     

    Also See:


    This site made by
    eric
    This site was created especially for students of the UNC School of Journalism's
    JOMC 050 Class, and anyone else who may be interested.
    For more information, please contactdaikat@email.unc.edu