Benj Edwards - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Benj Edwards

Article | 6/11/2012 In Pictures: The Apple family tree

Apple platforms through the years

Article | 22/10/2012 In Pictures: Six of the rarest Macs

Many Macs are uncommon or hard to find today, but for the sake of brevity (and for fear of the dreaded TL;DR), I’ve decided to examine six of the rare...

Article | 18/04/2012 In Pictures: Groovy 1970s consumer tech

The 1970s played host to an explosion in consumer electronics gadgets that changed how we educate, entertain, calculate, and communicate.

Article | 27/03/2012 In Pictures: If it ain't broke, don't fix it: ancient computers in use today

From 1970s minicomputers used for military programs (including nuclear weapons) to an IBM punch-card system still keeping the books at a Texas filter ...

Article | 13/08/2011 Can You Do Real Work With the 30-Year-Old IBM 5150?

When IBM released its first personal computer, the 5150, 30 years ago, it was deliberately drab--black, gray, and low-key. That's because IBM intended...

Article | 3/11/2010 A brief history of computer displays

From blinking lights and punch cards to LCDs and 3D flat panels, we trace the 70-year history of the tech that users rely on to see what a computer is...

Article | 13/09/2010 Finding stuff online: 20 years of innovative search engines

Twenty years ago today, a student at McGill University and some friends launched what many people consider to be the world's first Internet search eng...

Article | 16/07/2010 The world's worst game controller fails

When it comes to game controllers, there’s a fine line between clever and stupid. For every good step forward in controller design, there are a dozen ...

Article | 30/06/2010 Inside the Amiga 1000

In July 1985, Commodore released an impressive new multimedia PC called the Amiga.

Article | 18/06/2010 History of Video Calls: From Fantasy to Flops to Facetime

A visual history of the science and sci-fi of phone calls you can see. (And, no, it didn't start with The Jetsons.)

Article | 4/06/2010 The evolution of video game media

From jumper cards to hard disks, these are the cards, cartridges, and drives that have shaped the world of gaming.

Article | 4/06/2010 From paper tape to data sticks: The evolution of removable storage

Over the years, people have tried to transfer information from one computer to another in a dizzying number of ways. Here's a look at some of the best...

Article | 12/02/2010 From Paper Tape to Data Sticks: The Evolution of Removable Storage

Brave users of history's earliest computers programmed those massive electronic beasts through jumper wires plugged into arrays of sockets.

Article | 8/12/2009 In Pictures: 3 decades of hand-held game systems

Three decades after the debut of Milton Bradley's Microvision, here's a look at how handheld video game systems evolved, from early flops like the Ata...

Article | 6/11/2009 Inside the Atari 800

It's the 30th anniversary of this 8-bit PC classic. We celebrate the occasion as we always do, by tearing the product apart and showing you the pieces...