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I put together between
three and five Horizons pieces in each issue of Modern Office Technology. The
purpose was to "deconstruct" cutting edge technology to give the reader an
understanding of how the equipment worked. Don't laugh too hard at the equipment; this was circa 1985. |
This was a look at the latest breakthrough in digital recording – the 12-inch laser disk platter. It replaced 35 reels of magnetic tape or 20 microfilm rolls. Go ahead and laugh, in 20 years will be guffawing at how we put stuff on DVDs back in the old days of 2003 |
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This was the Bernoulli Box from IOmega, kind of a super floppy disk that was all the rage for a while back whe hard drives were called "Winchester" disks and a portable PC was either a Kaypro or Osbourne – no, not an Ozzy |
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This was a breakthrough from Philips Peripherals, the rubber-cap keyboard key. Prior to this innovation, keys were Rube Goldburgian arrangements that cost $200, weighed 10 pounds, had springs and clips, and a clatter that sounded like 50 pounds of Chicklets tumbling in a cement mixer. Now we can roll them up and they cost 50¢ |
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Not all of the cutting-edge stuff was computer related, remember, we were an office technology magazine. This nifty number is a ceiling-mounted heating and cooling system. And still the coldest admin in the office will set the AC to sweltering |
 Doing the Dual Step(per)Anyone remember the 5¼-inch floppy disk? I've got a basement full with no drive that can read them. In case you're interested, here's how the stepper motor in them shuttled the read / write head around. |
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"Flying Disks"
The Keys to Success
Heat / Cool in one Unit
