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* [[Template:Infobox Software]] - for software, etc.
 
* [[Template:Infobox Software]] - for software, etc.
 
* [[Template:Infobox OS]] - for operating systems
 
* [[Template:Infobox OS]] - for operating systems
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* [[Template:Infobox OS]] - for applications (similar to Software above)
  
 
If these are not sufficient, or you have any requests or comments, you can discuss it on the [[Help talk:Introduction to Templates|talk page of this article]] -- the people writing the infoboxes are watching these talk pages.
 
If these are not sufficient, or you have any requests or comments, you can discuss it on the [[Help talk:Introduction to Templates|talk page of this article]] -- the people writing the infoboxes are watching these talk pages.

Revision as of 07:41, 18 July 2009

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:

If these are not sufficient, or you have any requests or comments, you can discuss it on the talk page of this article -- the people writing the infoboxes are watching these talk pages.