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The Message Design Of Raiders Of The Lost Ark On The Atari 2600 & A Fan’S Map, Quick Start, And Strategy Guide, Miguel Ramlatchan, William I. Ramlatchan

Distance Learning Faculty & Staff Books

The message design and human performance technology in video games, especially early video games have always been fascinating to me. From an instructional design perspective, the capabilities of the technology of the classic game consoles required a careful balance of achievable objectives, cognitive task analysis, guided problem solving, and message design. Raiders on the Atari is an excellent example of this balance. It is an epic adventure game, spanning 13+ distinct areas, with an inventory of items, where those hard to find items had to be used by the player to solve problems during their quest (and who would have …

Using Timed-Release Cryptography To Mitigate The Preservation Risk Of Embargo Periods, Rabia Haq, Michael L. Nelson

Computer Science Presentations

PDF of a powerpoint presentation from the 2009 ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, Austin, Texas, June 15-19, 2009. Also available on Slideshare.

An Inventory Of Maine's Telecommunications System, Maine State Planning Office

Maine Collection

An Inventory of Maine's Telecommunications System

Prepared for the Maine State Planning Office by Joseph M. Chaisson and Valerie Lamont of the Telecommunications Research Program at Westbrook College in Portland, Maine. July, 1985.

"The Primary purpose of this report is to provide information for Governor Brennan's Task Force on Telecommunications. The inventory also can be widely used as a reference by persons and organizations concerned with providing telecommunications services in Maine."

Contents: Introduction / Local Telephone Service / Mobile Telephone Service / Digital Termination Service / Cable Television / Paging Systems / Intra-State (Intra-LATA) Public Services / Intra-State (Intra-LATA) Private …