Computers in the Panic Society.



	Technology of the evil 20th century resulted in the first 
computer. Such machines were huge, slow, and power hungry.

	With the stupid race for landing evil testrosone infested 
men on the moon, the computer industry got huge sums of money for 
research.

	Computers soon got smaller, faster, and lower in cost. Then,  
It was possible to produce computer chips. Also, such chips could 
be produced by automated equipment. 

	An early computer mainframe game was developed and was given 
the name of "Pong." It was a moving blob of white that was 
bounced across the screen when it hit another moving blob of 
white that was called a "paddle". this paddle was controlled by 
an input device known as a "Joystick" or "Paddle."

	With the invention of the microprocessor chip, it was soon 
possible to build a computer the size of a book. With the ROM 
chip, it was possible to have a program built into the computer. 
This early game computer was called "Pong." It came with a set of 
paddle controls. It was slow and expensive, around $200. It was 
also an instant success. It was very addictive. Kids and adults 
played it for hours. A great deal of time got wasted in playing 
this game. It also ruined many TV sets when the background image 
was "Burned into" the picture tube. Soon, it ended up in the 
closet as it became boring after a few weeks of continuous 
playing. 

	The Z-80 chip was soon invented. A company called Fairchild 
soon designed a new type of game computer. It used a cartridge 
system of programming. This allowed the computer to be programmed 
with different games by just changing the cartridge. The machine 
also used color display and a 8 position control handle on a 
remote cord. While more expensive then pong, Fairchild was far 
more useful.

	1976 saw the introduction of the Atari 2600 game computer. 
This machine was also cartridge programmed. It was quite 
expensive, about $260. Game cartridges were also expensive. With 
copyright laws and a big demand, it was a toy for those that had 
the money.

	Soon, the computer Arcade game machine was invented. It was 
too expensive for a home owner, but, the games had very real 
graphics and sound. They soon replaced the pinball machine at the 
bars and arcades.

	Packman became the rage of the arcade game. It was soon 
programmed for home computers. However, Atari became very upset 
when it was available for computers other then its own. They 
launched a huge copyright lawsuit against all the other software 
companies. 

	Other game computers were soon available. The Bally Arcade 
was a game computer way ahead of its time. It played games with 
the same quality as was found in the Arcades. It was an instant 
success. It also came with a programming cartridge that allowed 
people to program their own games and save them to a tape. An 
additional promise of a computer keyboard and the unheard of 64k 
of memory at an affordable price sounded too good to be true. It 
was never built.

	The home computer soon became a reality. The Commodore 64 
was the first good affordable home computer that could play games 
and be programmed. Games could be loaded by cartridges, tape, or, 
if you could afford one, a disk drive.

	The Apple Computer also came on the market. With its 
powerful 6502chip, it could do simulation games as well as 
business records. However, it was a very expensive home computer.

	During the 80s, there was a huge surge in game computers, 
Atari begin to sue everyone in sight over copyright laws. They 
lost several key cases and won others. The results was a flood of 
much cheaper game cartridges. $5 vs $40 and many companies going 
bankrupt.

	Many of the cartridges were of very poor quality. Sales of 
game computers and software fell flat. Automation soon flooded 
the markets with Atari 2600. They can now be bought in 1990 for 
$49. 

	The Amiga was presented in the fall of 1985. It was hailed 
as a powerful home computer that could play very high quality 
arcade games. However, there were only three programs available 
when it was introduced in 1985. The company was bought out by 
Commodore. However, Commodore did a poor job of selling the 
machine. It wasn't until the winter of 1989 that a new version 
called the Amiga 500 really took off with some promotion by 
Commodore. However, this was still too pricey for the mass 
market. In 1993, the CD32 was developed. It became a great 
sucuess until, the CEO ran the company into bankruptcy and tied 
up sales of the patents for years.

	Nintendo came out in 1988. This machine was introduced for 
$199. It came out with very good games in cartridge form. It was 
also highly marketed with a carefully produced number of game 
cartridges. The result was a huge demand for this machine and 
shortages of games that kept the prices of game cartridges high. 
	In 1989 with the new "GameBoy," the hand held cartridge game 
computer was the next rage. It is also an instant hit with 
millions being sold. The Nintendo system came down in price to 
$99. However, with careful marketing and a large fleet of 
copyright lawyers, this company has been able to keep the prices 
of game cartridges very high. (And their profits.)

	This has created all kinds of problems.

1. Kids were wasting all kinds of times playing the games. With 
the portable GameBoy, they were playing them at all times of the 
day. Even in school. School work suffered as the kids wasted all 
day playing Nintendo.

2. With the high cartridge price and spot shortage of popular 
games and, also cartridge incompatibility, there were many family 
fight over who would play with the machine.

3. Thief and shoplifting of machines and cartridges were common 
as a lot of kids were out there that didn't have the money for 
the $40 or more game cartridges.

4. Doctors begin reporting that they were getting a lot of kids 
suffering from neck injuries that soon got the name of "Nintendo 
Neck."

5. The games themselves could promote violence as many of the 
game themes were about violence.

6. Kids were being exposed to excessive EMR radiation emitting 
from the TV sets that they were glued to for many hours on end.

7. Gameboy gobbled batteries like crazy. Batteries were being 
shoplifted. They were also being stolen out of flashlights, 
portable cassette players, and even cameras.

8. Kids were suffering all kinds of injuries as they tried to 
imitate the Janitor that was trying to rescue the frog princess.

9. Many of the games were not what the slick advertising 
promised. Nintendo is being sued by a boy who was disappointed 
that a baseball game didn't allow him to do what the advertising 
said it would do and the store refuse to give him a refund.

10. Kids started suffering from Grand Mal Seizure after being 
exposed to all the flashing lights and sounds.

11. The monitors are usually TV picture tubes. They operate under 
high voltage and contain a vacuum that places thousands of pounds 
of pressure on that fragile glass tube. If damaged, they can 
implode and send glass fragments flying in all directions.

12. The monitors can emit dangerous EMR radiation. Kids often sit 
very close to the TV as they play the games. They are encouraged 
to sit too close to those sets because the control cords are very 
short.

13. Since kids are often eating and drinking as they play the 
games, food and liquids can get into the TV and games. This can 
cause dangerous fires to break out. Kids can even suffer 
dangerous shocks from the spilled liquids.

14. Kids that didn't have a computer game at home often spent 
tons of quarters at the local arcade playing the games. Here they 
are exposed to all kinds of undesirable people who could rob 
them, molest them, or sell drugs to them.

	Panic People soon begin to scream long and loud about this 
new danger to the kids. Something had to be done about it.

	On December 22, 1989, warnings were printed in all local 
newspapers warning parents about the dangers of "too much 
Nintendo." As usual, it was ignored. Or, people threw out the 
paper without ever reading this well hidden article.

	In 1992, the parents of Laura Moceri sued Nintendo. They 
contend that playing those games have caused their daughter to 
suffer from "Video Game Induced Epilepsy."

	Some 1 million people in the U.S. are photosensitive 
epileptics. They can suffer seizures if exposed to flashing 
lights, sounds, etc., such as found on video games.

	A computer game called "slavery" was declared unfit as a 
video game. Because the object of the game was to escape from 
slavery and the fact that if you were caught that you would be 
whipped, the game was declared "racist" by Your Glorious Leaders. 
The company that produced the game was forced to recall all units 
sold.

	Another game called "Mortal Combat" gained the attention of 
Your Glorious Leaders. This game was packed full of blood and 
violence.

	In the IBM world, "Doom" was all the rage. This bloody, 
gory, 3-D adventure features custom items such as chain saws, 
shotguns, and other custom weapons of extreme blood and gore. 
Your Glorious Leaders were shocked by the gore and violence of 
this one.

	Tech was the final straw that got the attention of the 
public of the evils of computer games. This "virtual Reality" 
system resulted in people being totally addicted to computer 
games. It also resulted in people acting out the games for real. 
Your Glorious Leaders got Tech banned for good. 

	In the Panic Society, there will be no video games of any 
kind allowed. Such games are considered "too dangerous" to the 
mind. They are also "Just a huge waste of time" which can be 
better spent on more productive things on the computer.

	In fact, the computer monitor will just be a color LCD 
screen of pale blues, greens, browns and light gray. Just what 
you are reading this text with. Such a screen is free from glare 
and brightly flashing light.

	Since easy to read text and simple graphics are the only 
thing that will ever be displayed on those monitors, there will 
never be any danger from flashing lights, eye strain, glare, or 
wild graphics that could cause a seizure of any kind.

	LCD monitors use natural light for their display. The 
display screen is a flat sheet of clear plastic. It does not 
contain a dangerous vacuum. They operate on very low power DC 
current. Therefore, it is impossible to get a shock from one, be 
exposed to EMR radiation, or be injured from an exploding picture 
tube

	Computer users will never be allowed to write programs. That 
way, there is never any danger of a video game ever being 
programmed.

	Your recycled IBM Model T terminal is connected to the 
central processor of Panic Society master control unit. This 
mainframe uses RISC parallel processing, and has access to 
Crystal-ROM databanks.

	Your terminals use common 8088 CMOS low power CPU 
controllers on a color LCD super safety display. It is connected 
to the mainframe by a lightwave cable operating at 9600 baud. It 
is safe to use and cannot be damaged.

































Is this all possible.

	In countries like North Korea, there are no video games or 
computers allowed for the people to use. The government fears 
what will happen if their citizens are allowed to have such 
things. They are able to maintain total control over the people 
this way.

	There has been be no further advancement in computer 
technology since Panic Society dragged everyone down to the level 
of the lowest achiever. Besides, the manufacturing of computer 
chips involve the burning of coal, the use of ozone destroying 
chlorine, and large amounts of dangerous high voltage 
electricity.

AH