Trivia Question
Our latest trivia question was inspired by the recent ICANN vote to allow the creation of new Internet domain names.
Was Michigan State University always MSU.EDU ?
Archive for the ‘Trivia’ Category
1976
July 17, 2008Trivia Question
Lawrence Von Tersch presents award to student
Dr. Lawrence W. Von Tersch was founding director of the MSU computer lab and Dean of the College of Engineering from 1968-1989. Von Tersch is distributing prizes in this 1976 photo.
What was the occasion?
DEC VAX
July 8, 2008Trivia Question
The Digital Equipment Corporation VAX mainframe debuted in 1986. What was the Vax’s name?
Cyber 750 word length
June 24, 2008June 24 Trivia Question
Multiple choice: What was the architectural word length on the Cyber 750?
a. 8 bits
b. 16 bits
c. 32 bits
d. 64 bits
e. None of the above
General computer science trivia
June 22, 2008June 22 Trivia Question
Who is credited with inventing the term “bug”?
June 19, 2008
June 19 Trivia Question
Who are the two people in the photo below? What are they doing?
Graduate program in computer science
June 17, 2008June 17 Trivia Question
In what year did Michigan State University first offer graduate level courses in computer science?
Binary code
June 13, 2008June 13 Trivia Question
Can you translate?
01101000 01100001 01110000 01110000 01111001 00100000 01100010 01101001 01110010 01110100 01101000 01100100 01100001 01111001 00100000 01100011 01110011 01100101
Cyber 175/750
June 12, 2008June 12 Trivia Question
Students who used the Cyber 175/750 timesharing system after the output room closed learned a “magic card” to put in their card deck to cause output to be printed on the self-service printer across the hall (open 24/7). What command was on the card?
Research labs
June 11, 2008June 11 Trivia Question
What was the first research laboratory established in the computer science department at MSU? What research laboratory was established in 2008?
