Adding to the Mac Family
I added five more computers to the lab today: Two G3 iMacs (Graphite), one Performa, one PowerPC, and another SE. Here are the specs for the first four: iMac #1 Mac OS X 10.4 640 MB RAM 400 MHz G3 13GB HDD DVD-ROM (slot load, works) iMac #2 Mac OS 9.1 128MB RAM 400MHz G3 […]
Article about ELL in Library of Congress Publication, The Signal
Preserving Vintage Electronic Literature November 13, 2013 by Mike Ashenfelder Dene (pronounced “Deenie”) Grigar’s mother was an artist who painted mainly with oils on canvas. But occasionally she painted on a different medium, such as wood or pottery. Once she experimented with painting on bamboo, a medium she was unfamiliar with. Read the rest of the article […]
Getting Ready for the Next Pathfinders Traversal
The Electronic Literature Lab is the site where the research for Pathfinders: Documenting the Experience of Early Digital Literature is taking place. The project extends the notion of digital preservation by developing a method that captures not just the content of a work of electronic literature but also attempts to recreate the experience readers had […]
Upcoming Visitors to ELL
We are hosting two tours of ELL during the month of August. The first is scheduled for the 30+ members of the Seattle Metro Chamber Leadership Trip to SWWA on Thursday, August 1, from 4:00-5:00 p.m. This event is sponsored by the Columbia River Economic Development Council. The second is a tour of various members of the […]
Electronic Literature Preservation
I began collecting Apple computers when it occurred to me that some of the electronic literary work that I liked so much would not be accessible one day without vintage computers. This idea came to me, unfortunately, after I had given away my own LC II and Performa and did not make an attempt to […]
The New Addition to ELL
My friend Jeff brought a very nice treat to the lab today: a Kodak DataShow Projection Pad, replete with a cooling fan and the original case. It works with my Apple II GS just fine, and there is some speculation that it is the very first projector a PC. A good find there! The bad […]
All the Macs Are Back Home
I got my Mac Plus back yesterday from repairs, thanks to my Mac Guru, Jeff, who has been overseeing the health of my Macs for several years. Our love (okay, obsession) for Macs continues to bind us even after he has moved on from being a student to a full-fledged, well-paid programmer. He is my […]
Vintage G3 iMacs Are Now Online Running Netscape Communicator
We can now show Talan Memmot’s Lexia to Perplexia and other works of electronic literature requiring Netscape Communicator in the lab, thanks to our terrific IT team and my research assistant Greg Philbrook.
Visitors to ELL
I invited Nathan Stahlman and Jim Voorhies, from Instructional Technologies, Inc. (ITI), to visit the lab today to show them the computers and talk about the kinds of research we do in ELL. ITI has been partnering with the CMDC program for the last year and a half, sponsoring our 2D simulation summer study last […]
Getting Ready for Pathfinders
Big doings in ELL this week. We are getting our Mac Plus back from repairs in time for the first Pathfinders’ traversal featuring Stuart Moulthrop. Fresh paint, new tables and chairs, and cabinets for storage should be in place by the end of the week. Seti has organized the media library, and Greg and Jeff […]