Tedium Highlight in Computer history: Teaching computers to read was one of the 20th century's great challenges. At first, the secret to optical character recognition was purpose-built type. 

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Life In Four Colors

Somehow CGA graphics, the IBM PC’s first take on color, haven’t completely faded into history. But those four colors inspire a whole lot of nostalgia.
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