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* TechnologyMarchesOn: As a PSA series about computers for children aired in the mid-1980s, it was inevitable. Characters use floppy disks, single-button mice, and the monitors look just like your average CRT. That said, some aspects have not been widely replicated or superseded even after decades have passed, like the usage of light pens and touch screen monitors (while the former are like styluses for drawing tablets and the latter have been used in consoles like UsefulNotes/GameCom, UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, and UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS, as well as smartphones, they're not in widespread use for computers).

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* TechnologyMarchesOn: As a PSA series about computers for children aired in the mid-1980s, it was inevitable. Characters use floppy disks, single-button mice, and the monitors look just like your average CRT. That said, some aspects have not been widely replicated or superseded even after decades have passed, like the usage of light pens and touch screen monitors (while the former are like styluses for drawing tablets and the latter have been used in consoles like UsefulNotes/GameCom, UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, Platform/GameCom, Platform/NintendoDS, and UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS, Platform/Nintendo3DS, as well as smartphones, they're not in widespread use for computers).
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: As a PSA series about computers for children aired in the mid-1980s, it was inevitable. Characters use floppy disks, single-button mice, and the monitors look just like your average CRT. That said, some aspects have not been widely replicated or superseded even after almost 40 years have passed, like the usage of light pens and touch screen monitors (while the former are like styluses for drawing tablets and the latter have been used in consoles like UsefulNotes/GameCom, UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, and UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS, as well as smartphones, they're not in widespread use for computers).

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* TechnologyMarchesOn: As a PSA series about computers for children aired in the mid-1980s, it was inevitable. Characters use floppy disks, single-button mice, and the monitors look just like your average CRT. That said, some aspects have not been widely replicated or superseded even after almost 40 years decades have passed, like the usage of light pens and touch screen monitors (while the former are like styluses for drawing tablets and the latter have been used in consoles like UsefulNotes/GameCom, UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, and UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS, as well as smartphones, they're not in widespread use for computers).
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I had no idea things like Microsoft Word are called word processors (I always called them text editors), I thought "word processors" were some outdated 1980-1990s concept... );


* TechnologyMarchesOn: As a PSA series for children aired in the mid-1980s, it was inevitable. Characters use floppy disks, single-button mice, word processors, and the monitors look just like your average CRT. That said, some aspects have not been widely replicated or superseded even after almost 40 years have passed, like the usage of light pens and touch screen monitors (while the former are like styluses for drawing tablets and the latter have been used in consoles like UsefulNotes/GameCom, UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, and UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS, as well as smartphones, they're not in widespread use for computers).

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* TechnologyMarchesOn: As a PSA series about computers for children aired in the mid-1980s, it was inevitable. Characters use floppy disks, single-button mice, word processors, and the monitors look just like your average CRT. That said, some aspects have not been widely replicated or superseded even after almost 40 years have passed, like the usage of light pens and touch screen monitors (while the former are like styluses for drawing tablets and the latter have been used in consoles like UsefulNotes/GameCom, UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, and UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS, as well as smartphones, they're not in widespread use for computers).
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: As a PSA series for children aired in the mid-1980s, it was inevitable. Characters use floppy disks, single-button mice, word processors, and the monitors look just like your average CRT. That said, some aspects have not been widely replicated or superseded even after almost 40 years have passed, like the usage of light pens and touch screen monitors (while the former are like styluses for drawing tablets and the latter have been used in consoles like UsefulNotes/GameCom, UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, and UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS, as well as smartphones, they're not in widespread use for computers).
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