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  "id": "1994-september-heres-a-look-at-our-hardware-and-software",
  "slug": "1994-september-heres-a-look-at-our-hardware-and-software",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1994-september-heres-a-look-at-our-hardware-and-software.html",
  "year": 1994,
  "month": "September",
  "monthNum": 9,
  "headline": "Here's a look at our hardware & software",
  "kicker": "",
  "author_name": "",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "The Charlotte Observer",
  "summary": "A newsroom's technology inventory from the early 1990s detailing computer hardware, operating systems, and software applications including PCs, Unix systems, and various productivity tools for journalism work.",
  "keywords": [
    "technology",
    "newsroom",
    "software"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Technology"
  ],
  "technologies": [
    "DOS",
    "Windows",
    "OS/2",
    "HP9000",
    "Unix",
    "9-track tape",
    "CalComp DesignMate",
    "Quattro Pro",
    "FoxPro",
    "dBase",
    "Word",
    "XyWrite",
    "Atlas GIS",
    "SAS",
    "SPSS",
    "CD-ROM"
  ],
  "full_text": "PCs: Four 486 IBM compatibles, 8mb RAM, color monitors, +300mb hard drives, three CD readers. PC operating systems: DOS, Windows and OS/2. Mini/mainframe: Newsroom has access to an HP9000 with Unix operating system and 9-track tape drive. Printers: Lasers, dots and access to a CalComp DesignMate. Spreadsheet: Quattro Pro for Windows. Database: FoxPro, dBase IV. Text & word processing: Word for Windows, Xywrite. Mapping & GIS: Atlas GIS/DOS 21, Atlas GIS Windows 2.0. Statistical analysis: SAS, SPSSPC/DOS, SPSS/Windows.",
  "provenance": {
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    "extracted_at": "2026-07-05",
    "verified": true
  },
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