Signed as an amendment to law by President Jimmy Carter, computer programs are defined by copyright law and enable authors to control the copying, selling, and leasing of their software.
" + "But the law was confusing as software documentation and software source code are protected, but the object code or the compiled software that ran on the computer hardware is probably not.
", }, + { + Title: "Atari's Graphics/Sound Demonstration", Year: 1981, Month: 5, + Link: "https://www.atarimania.com/8bit/files/APX_Graphics_Sound_Demonstration.pdf", + LinkTitle: "the Graphics/Sound Demonstration manual", + Content: "Under its Atari Program Exchange (APX) label, " + + "Atari publishes the Graphics/Sound Demonstration, a mail order title containing a diskette and manual with instructions on running several graphic and sound demonstrations on the Atari 400/800 line of computers. " + + "The disk also includes the assembly and BASIC source codes, allowing programmers and hobbyists to adapt these vanity effects in their software.", + Picture: Picture{ + Title: "Graphics/Sound Demonstration catalog page", + Alt: "A photo snippet of the 1981, Atari Program Exchange catalog page for the Graphics/Sound Demonstration.", + Jpg: "atari-graphics-sound-demonstration.png", + Avif: "atari-graphics-sound-demonstration.avif", + }, + }, { Title: "The first PC", Year: 1981, Month: 8, Day: 12, Highlight: true, Lead: "IBM Personal Computer", LinkTitle: "about the IBM PC", @@ -530,13 +544,11 @@ func Collection() Milestones { "1980's Atari In-Store Demonstration Program. " + "However, these were commercials created by Apple, Radio Shack, or Atari employees and designed to demonstrate the machines' capabilities in a retail store." + "The untitled Christmas greeting by CB is the earliest known demonstration software created by a hobbyist with no commercial intent.
", - }, - { - Title: "Atari's Graphics/Sound Demonstration", Year: 1981, - Link: "https://www.atarimania.com/8bit/files/APX_Graphics_Sound_Demonstration.pdf", - LinkTitle: "the Graphics/Sound Demonstration manual", - Content: "Under its Atari Program Exchange (APX) label, Atari publishes the Graphics/Sound Demonstration, a mail order title containing a diskette and manual with instructions on running several graphic and sound demonstrations on the Atari 400/800 line of computers. " + - "The disk also includes the assembly and BASIC source codes, allowing programmers and hobbyists to adapt these vanity effects in their software.", + Picture: Picture{ + Title: "The untitled Christmas greeting by CB", + Alt: "A photo of the 1981, Christmas greeting for the Atari.", + Png: "cb-81.png", + }, }, { Title: "Earliest dated crack", Year: 1982, Month: 3, diff --git a/public/image/milestone/atari-graphics-sound-demonstration.avif b/public/image/milestone/atari-graphics-sound-demonstration.avif new file mode 100644 index 00000000..16ccd566 Binary files /dev/null and b/public/image/milestone/atari-graphics-sound-demonstration.avif differ diff --git a/public/image/milestone/atari-graphics-sound-demonstration.png b/public/image/milestone/atari-graphics-sound-demonstration.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b99e512b Binary files /dev/null and b/public/image/milestone/atari-graphics-sound-demonstration.png differ diff --git a/public/image/milestone/cb-81.png b/public/image/milestone/cb-81.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ddd5a24a Binary files /dev/null and b/public/image/milestone/cb-81.png differ