Kapow! Creative work on old PCs
Creative minds took quickly to using micro-computers when they appeared in Australia 40 years ago – and Flinders researchers want to find out more.
Creative minds took quickly to using micro-computers when they appeared in Australia 40 years ago – and Flinders researchers want to find out more.
A serious need to conserve superseded software and hardware is behind the launch today of the Computer Archaeology Laboratory at Flinders University at Tonsley.
As computer companies race to produce “smarter, faster and more powerful” PCs, the files created in the digital world – including online artworks – risk being left behind.
Games are one of the most significant cultural forms of modern society yet their story is poorly documented in Australia and New Zealand, according to Flinders University Screen and Media Associate Professor Melanie Swalwell.