Amaya Toman Digitization of materials is a great thing. Documents and books will thus be preserved for future generations, and moreover, it is possible to gain access to them from practically anywhere. Today, in the series Back to the Past, we will remember the day when negotiations began regarding the digitization of the contents of the Library of Congress of the United States. In addition, we also remember the Bandai Pippin console and the Google Chrome browser.
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The Virtual Library (1994)
On September 1, 1994, an important meeting took place in the premises of the United States Library of Congress. His theme was a plan to gradually convert all materials into digital form, so that those interested from all over the world and across disciplines could gain access to them through personal computers connected to the appropriate network. The virtual library project was also supposed to contain some very rare materials whose physical form was not normally accessible due to significant damage and age. After a series of negotiations, the project was finally successfully launched, a number of library employees, archivists and technology experts collaborated on the digitization.
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Pippin Conquers America (1996)
On September 1, 1996, Apple began distributing its Apple Bandai Pippin game console in the United States. It was a multimedia console that had the ability to play multimedia software on CD - especially games. The console ran a modified version of the System 7.5.2 operating system and was fitted with a 66 MHz PowerPC 603 processor and equipped with a 14,4 kbps modem along with a four-speed CD-ROM drive and an output for connecting to standard televisions.
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Google Chrome is Coming (2008)
On September 1, 2008, Google released its web browser, Google Chrome. It was a multi-platform browser that was first received by owners of computers with the MS Windows operating system, and later also owners of computers with Linux, OS X / macOS, or even iOS devices. The first news that Google was preparing its own browser appeared in September 2004, when the media began to report that Google was hiring former web developers from Microsoft. StatCounter and NetMarketShare published reports in May 2020 that Google Chrome boasts a 68% global market share.
