1983

1982 << >> 1984

I bought my first computer, a Commodore 64, in 1983 with plans to write at home and send the copy in via my blazing, 300-baud modem. But, I did discover computer bulletin boards, just because I was trying to figure out some way to make sure the modem was working right. Someone at a local Commodore store gave me a list of numbers and suggested I try dialing 'em as a test. Sure enough, I got on - and was instantly hooked. I've been online ever since.

23 juin: première apparition télévisée de Laibach, suivie d'une interdiction de se produire en public.

Le protocole MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) est présenté lors de la première Foire d'exposition des fabricants de musique nord-américains à Los Angeles.

December 4: Wiencouver IV, a slow-scan TV and telephone music project between Vancouver and Vienna.

December 8 to 22: "La Plissure du Texte", a global fairy tale created in 12 days, displayed during "Elektra", Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.


The movie “WarGames” is released (dir. John Badham). As well as “Videodrome” (David Cronenberg).

I'm listening to Einstürzende Neubauten (Die Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T.), Cabaret Voltaire (The Crackdown)...


Publication du "Industrial Culture Handbook" (RE/SEARCH, San Francisco).
Nintendo lance sa première console.

1982 << >> 1984

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