text archaeology

Content: Nintendo Famicom user manual in manga format.

Content: A melancholic song written for NIFTY Serve, a telecommunications services in Japan active from 1987 to 2006. The lyrics in Japanese goes: 真夜中すぎに目が醒めて君のくれたメ～ル読み返すまだ見ぬ　その笑顔僕の中で膨らむ夢はモデムに託すものハ～ドディスクは愛のＬＯＧだらけふたりを　つないでる赤いモジュラ～ケ～ブルチャットしていたい　Ａｈ－君と朝が来るまであふれる文字　時を止める燃えるハ～ト抑えきれずに悲しみの　NIFTY-Serve 逢いたいけれど　君の住む街はとても遠く悲しみの　NIFTY-Serve PAGE 送るよ　今日もスクラコ～ドは　ふたりのイニシャルさチャットしていたい　Ａｈ－空が白くなるまでながれる文字　時を止める燃える課金払いきれずに悲しみの　NIFTY-Serve スラユ～しても　君は知らないだれかとト～ク悲しみの　NIFTY-Serve ダイヤルするよ　今日も君のハ～トは　Host cleard the call NIFTY-Serve 逢いたいけれど　君の住む街はとても遠く悲しみの　NIFTY-Serve ダイヤルするよ　今日も君のハ～トは　Host cleard the call The auto-translation goes: I woke up after midnight and read back the mail you gave me The smile I haven't seen yet swells in me Dreams are left to the modem Her hard disk is full of love LOG She connects the two with a red modular I want to chat Ah- until the morning comes with you Overflowing characters Stop the time Burning hearts I can't control NIFTY-Serve of sadness I want to meet you, but the city you live in is very far away I'll send you the NIFTY-Serve PAGE of sadness. I want to chat Ah-until the sky turns white Characters that flow Stop time Burning charges I can't pay Sadness NIFTY-Serve Surayu-But you don't know who you are Sadness NIFTY-Serve I'll dial you today Your heart is Host cleared the call NIFTY-Serve I want to meet you, but the city you live in is very far away Sadness NIFTY-Serve I'll dial you today Your heart is Host cleared the call

Content: Chiba city blues, razor girl, console cowboy, and the matrix.

Content: Advertisement featuring kanji input.

Content: Timothy Leary interviewed in japan. watch with caution.

Content: A longplay of an NES game of the American presidential election.

Content: Graphical approach to manipulating textual glyphs.

Content: 单手打字的“王码打字微电脑”——王码键字通 "Wang Code Typing Microcomputer" for One-handed Typing - Wang Code Mouse Keyboard

Content: Transcript in Chinese Auto-translation in English The Ministry of Machinery and Electronics, the Ministry of Health, the State Science and Technology Commission, the China Association for Science and Technology, and the All-China Women's Federation entrusted the China Learning Machine Popularization Association to hold the "Children's Chinese Learning Machine Exhibition Competition" in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and regions on the eve of "June 1". Since the mid-1980s, 110,000 Chinese Educational Computers have entered primary and secondary schools, families and some social groups. In the summer camps, winter camps and some activities held every year, various competitions of Chinese learning machines are indispensable. The age limit for participating in this exhibition competition is 3 to 8 years old. The content of the demo competition is based on educational software, and examines the keystroke method, boot sequence, input speed, etc. The judges will rate according to the age group. The performance time in Beijing is scheduled for May 27.

Content: CWS ( Chinese Word Star ) is a Chinese & English word processing system based on Apple II and CEC ( China Educational Computer , a series of clones of Apple II+ / IIe with onboard Chinese ROM & LIB and other enhancements , 1987 - 1993 ). It provides Chinese character processing functions similar to and stronger than Wordstar for the above models, including rich editing shortcut keys, special effects of text printing, Chinese tabulation function, etc. With the help of CWS, the low-end 8-bit microcomputer systems such as Apple II and CEC finally have the most important productivity tool software for word processing.