Quarter Past
@quarterpast.bsky.social
Researcher, pre-20th-C videogames
(Citations available upon request)
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sure this seems like equivalent entertainment to watching paint dry, but after a few hours I get loopy and do things like call Zort on long-since disconnected phone numbers
here's a sneak peak at the kind of trouble I could get in tonight trying to make the pamphlet robot cry
fun starts in an hour
here's a sneak peak at the kind of trouble I could get in tonight trying to make the pamphlet robot cry
fun starts in an hour
November 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
sure this seems like equivalent entertainment to watching paint dry, but after a few hours I get loopy and do things like call Zort on long-since disconnected phone numbers
here's a sneak peak at the kind of trouble I could get in tonight trying to make the pamphlet robot cry
fun starts in an hour
here's a sneak peak at the kind of trouble I could get in tonight trying to make the pamphlet robot cry
fun starts in an hour
thinking of warmer days from the summer darth when we went to the beach and made some new friends
November 5, 2025 at 1:06 AM
thinking of warmer days from the summer darth when we went to the beach and made some new friends
In the progressive mid-1970s they were way ahead of the curve in this regard
November 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
In the progressive mid-1970s they were way ahead of the curve in this regard
apropos of nothing, here's the page 2 ad from the Billboard magazine from which this #AT40 countdown comes.
It's The Klowns, a band brought to you by the guy who wrote for The Archies.
It's The Klowns, a band brought to you by the guy who wrote for The Archies.
November 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
apropos of nothing, here's the page 2 ad from the Billboard magazine from which this #AT40 countdown comes.
It's The Klowns, a band brought to you by the guy who wrote for The Archies.
It's The Klowns, a band brought to you by the guy who wrote for The Archies.
bluesky the sports app
November 1, 2025 at 3:26 AM
bluesky the sports app
I’m also proud of having tracked Mr. Wall down in the first place.
His name is like totally SEO-proof.
His name is like totally SEO-proof.
October 25, 2025 at 6:44 AM
I’m also proud of having tracked Mr. Wall down in the first place.
His name is like totally SEO-proof.
His name is like totally SEO-proof.
Anyway, on September 18, 1979, deliberations concluded, and the FCC voted to approve the new standards that would apply to all electronic devices (whether they had an RF modulator or not).
The point person and author of this first report was Art Wall at the FCC’s Office of Science & Technology.
The point person and author of this first report was Art Wall at the FCC’s Office of Science & Technology.
October 25, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Anyway, on September 18, 1979, deliberations concluded, and the FCC voted to approve the new standards that would apply to all electronic devices (whether they had an RF modulator or not).
The point person and author of this first report was Art Wall at the FCC’s Office of Science & Technology.
The point person and author of this first report was Art Wall at the FCC’s Office of Science & Technology.
In roughly the same time frame, when 80% of “Things That Attach to TV” are failing FCC approval, the popularity of CB radios is spreading like disco.
By 1975, both were out of control.
By 1975, both were out of control.
October 25, 2025 at 6:44 AM
In roughly the same time frame, when 80% of “Things That Attach to TV” are failing FCC approval, the popularity of CB radios is spreading like disco.
By 1975, both were out of control.
By 1975, both were out of control.
It’s true that rulemaking document FCC 79-555 was burdensome on electronics manufacturers, but before FCC 79-555, there was an FCC 72-1098 rule.
![The start of the FCC's rules on Class I TV Devices published in the Federal Register: 37 Fed. Reg. 26565 (Dec. 14, 1972). It reads: Title 47-Telecommunication. Chapter I-Federal Communications Commission. [Docket No. 19281; FCC 72-1098]. Part 1-Practice and Procedure. Part 15-Radio Frequency Devices. Class I TV Device Operations. And then goes on to detail the Report and Order.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5bb4lz7622bzb6kbxliklhms/bafkreicphvk6zatchc5w7thdyokrugr3tpcwiyxsiyspj2jo6ggxgh7lae@jpeg)
October 25, 2025 at 6:44 AM
It’s true that rulemaking document FCC 79-555 was burdensome on electronics manufacturers, but before FCC 79-555, there was an FCC 72-1098 rule.
By next week, Bing Crosby will drop dead on a golf course. The following week, half of Lynyrd Skynyrd will die in a plane crash.
We’re headed to the arcade to listen to this week’s #AT40 countdown.
Keep your eye out for this individual, who will kick your ass at the new game, Hustle.
We’re headed to the arcade to listen to this week’s #AT40 countdown.
Keep your eye out for this individual, who will kick your ass at the new game, Hustle.
October 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
By next week, Bing Crosby will drop dead on a golf course. The following week, half of Lynyrd Skynyrd will die in a plane crash.
We’re headed to the arcade to listen to this week’s #AT40 countdown.
Keep your eye out for this individual, who will kick your ass at the new game, Hustle.
We’re headed to the arcade to listen to this week’s #AT40 countdown.
Keep your eye out for this individual, who will kick your ass at the new game, Hustle.
September 29, 1973
Big day: Rose Mary Woods is busy making transcriptions of President Nixon’s recordings and probably thinking about “Alice’s Restaurant”.
The music industry is in shambles, but still persists in creating enough music to craft a weekly #AT40.
Big day: Rose Mary Woods is busy making transcriptions of President Nixon’s recordings and probably thinking about “Alice’s Restaurant”.
The music industry is in shambles, but still persists in creating enough music to craft a weekly #AT40.
October 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
September 29, 1973
Big day: Rose Mary Woods is busy making transcriptions of President Nixon’s recordings and probably thinking about “Alice’s Restaurant”.
The music industry is in shambles, but still persists in creating enough music to craft a weekly #AT40.
Big day: Rose Mary Woods is busy making transcriptions of President Nixon’s recordings and probably thinking about “Alice’s Restaurant”.
The music industry is in shambles, but still persists in creating enough music to craft a weekly #AT40.
tfw you crack the code on what was going on in 1974
October 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
tfw you crack the code on what was going on in 1974
all I'm saying is if we had thc-infused gummies for the #AT40 Black Sabbath t-shirt kids back in 1971 then society might've evolved somewhat differently
September 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
all I'm saying is if we had thc-infused gummies for the #AT40 Black Sabbath t-shirt kids back in 1971 then society might've evolved somewhat differently
Commercial video games don’t exist yet. The first of its kind is still a prototype in Al Alcorn’s daughter’s bedroom.
Your best bet in the arcade is four-player pinball, like Williams’ Jackpot or something.
For a short #AT40, this one will seem like it’s lasting forever.
Your best bet in the arcade is four-player pinball, like Williams’ Jackpot or something.
For a short #AT40, this one will seem like it’s lasting forever.
September 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Commercial video games don’t exist yet. The first of its kind is still a prototype in Al Alcorn’s daughter’s bedroom.
Your best bet in the arcade is four-player pinball, like Williams’ Jackpot or something.
For a short #AT40, this one will seem like it’s lasting forever.
Your best bet in the arcade is four-player pinball, like Williams’ Jackpot or something.
For a short #AT40, this one will seem like it’s lasting forever.
in memoria, esnupi 🙏🕯
September 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
in memoria, esnupi 🙏🕯
RESEARCH in action!
September 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
RESEARCH in action!
