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produces the box on the right of the screen here.  The Infobox Machine template is the general template for most computer systems in this wiki.  See [[Template:Infobox Machine]] for an overview of the values you can use with this template.
 
produces the box on the right of the screen here.  The Infobox Machine template is the general template for most computer systems in this wiki.  See [[Template:Infobox Machine]] for an overview of the values you can use with this template.
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To avoid the insanity of a haphazard set of datasheets for a million different devices, we've got some basic templates in place which we <i>really</i> would like you to use:
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* [[Template:Infobox Machine]] - for a system in general
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* [[Template:Infobox Tape drive]] - for tape drives
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* [[Template:Infobox Disk drive]] - for disk drives

Revision as of 05:17, 16 May 2007

Templates are used in the Computer History Wiki to prevent the reduplication of work and help provide a uniform layout. For example, we have the template {{stub}} to show a short, very incomplete article. Instead of having to include this text manually on every such article, placing the text {{stub}} in an article produces:

Infoboxes

Infoboxes allow the uniform display of information based on a template. Custom data can be fed into the template by entering it into the article, for example:

{{Infobox Machine
| name = Apple I 
| manufacturer = [[Apple Computer]]
| form factor = [[Personal Computer]]
| year introduced = July 1976 
| year discontinued = March 1977
| cpu = [[MOS 6502]]
| clock speed = 1 MHz
| ram = 4 KB standard
| graphics = 40x24 character output
| successor = [[Apple II]]
}}


Apple I
Manufacturer: Apple Computer
Year Introduced: July 1976
Year Discontinued: March 1977
Form Factor: Personal Computer
Clock Speed: 1 MHz
Memory Size: 4 KB standard
Graphics: 40x24 character output
CPU: MOS 6502
Successor(s): Apple II


produces the box on the right of the screen here. The Infobox Machine template is the general template for most computer systems in this wiki. See Template:Infobox Machine for an overview of the values you can use with this template.

To avoid the insanity of a haphazard set of datasheets for a million different devices, we've got some basic templates in place which we really would like you to use: