Scenarios about 'computer history'
The development and evolution of computing devices, from early mechanical calculators to modern digital computers and beyond. Computer history encompasses significant technological breakthroughs, pioneering figures like Alan Turing and Grace Hopper, and the profound social and economic transformations brought about by increasingly powerful and accessible computing technology in warfare, business, communication, and everyday life.
What If The Integrated Circuit Was Never Developed?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the integrated circuit was never invented, fundamentally altering the trajectory of computing, telecommunications, and virtually every aspect of modern technological society.
What If The Personal Computer Was Never Invented?
Exploring the alternate timeline where personal computers never emerged in the 1970s and 80s, radically altering the development of modern technology, economy, and society.
What If Video Games Were Never Invented?
Exploring the alternate timeline where video games never emerged as an entertainment medium, radically altering the development of technology, digital culture, and global entertainment industries.
What If Y2K Actually Caused Major Problems?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the Y2K bug triggered widespread technological failures, causing a global crisis and fundamentally reshaping the early 21st century development of technology, society, and international relations.
What If Y2K Actually Caused a Global Computer Meltdown?
Exploring how society, technology, and global development would have been transformed if the Year 2000 bug had triggered the widespread technological failures that many feared.