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November 11, 2019 AT 11:43 am

IBM, sonic delay lines, and the history of the 80×24 display #VintageComputing #IBM #History @kenshirriff

— by Anne Barela

Filed under: history, vintage computing —
Tags: history, IBM, terminals, vintage computing —

November 11, 2019 AT 9:25 am

How the ZX80 works #VintageComputing #ZX80 @tynemouthsw

— by Anne Barela

Filed under: EE, history, microprocessors, vintage computing —
Tags: EE, hardware, history, microprocessor, sinclair zx80, vintage computers, Z80 —

November 6, 2019 AT 9:10 am

The CPU of the Day: Motorola MC68040VL #Microprocessors #Morotola #DieShots

— by Anne Barela

Filed under: history, microprocessors, vintage computing —
Tags: #risc, 68000, microprocessor, microprocessor history, microprocessors, Motorola —

November 5, 2019 AT 3:57 pm

How “special register groups” invaded computer dictionaries for decades #VintageComputing #History @kenshirriff

— by Anne Barela

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Tags: computer architecture, hardware, history, vintage computing —

October 29, 2019 AT 8:57 am

NEW GUIDE: Apple Newton – A Personal Digital Assistant from 25 years ago #Apple #Newton #History #VintageComputing

— by Anne Barela

Filed under: adafruit learning system, computers, vintage computing —
Tags: apple, handwriting, newton, pda, recognition —

October 28, 2019 AT 8:18 am

The Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) Logo – ancient digitalization found #DEC #Logo @nedbat

— by Anne Barela

Filed under: art, graphics, history, vintage, vintage computing —
Tags: DEC, Digital Equipment Corporation, history, logo, Postscript —

October 25, 2019 AT 10:05 am

The new 8-bit Commander X16 computer – Philosophy and Specification @pagetable

— by Anne Barela

Filed under: computers, design and architecture, microprocessors, vintage computing —
Tags: 8 Bit, microprocessors, retro computing, vintage computing —

October 23, 2019 AT 9:15 am

Celebrating 50 years of Unix #Unix #Unix50 #History @belllabs

— by Anne Barela

Filed under: history, Programming, software, vintage computing —
Tags: anniversary, celebration, history, Operating system, software, Unix —

October 22, 2019 AT 2:35 pm

The Altair BASIC 3.2 source assembly is on GitHub #GitHub #Altair8080 #BASIC #VintageComputing @JohnKennedyMSFT

— by Anne Barela

Filed under: history, Programming, software, vintage computing —
Tags: altair, BASIC, Bill Gates, history, programming, software, vintage computing —

October 21, 2019 AT 10:02 am

Deconstructing Sega’s System 16 Security #Console #Gaming #VintageComputing

— by Anne Barela

Filed under: gaming, hackers, vintage computing —
Tags: cartridge hacking, game console, gaming console, security, Sega —

October 18, 2019 AT 9:40 am

Mysterious bleeps and bloops defined the early days of the internet #VintageComputing #History #Internet @qz

— by Anne Barela

Filed under: computers, history, vintage computing —
Tags: communications, history, internet, modem, sound —

October 16, 2019 AT 9:10 am

2,500 more MS-DOS browser-playable games added to the Internet Archive #VintageComputing #MSDOS #Gaming @InternetArchive

— by Anne Barela

Filed under: gaming, history, vintage computing —
Tags: games, gaming, history, MS-DOS, msdos, retro, vintage computing —

October 14, 2019 AT 2:50 pm

Happy 20th Anniversary Sega DreamCast! #Sega #Dreamcast #SD20 #VintageComputing #retrogaming

— by Anne Barela

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Tags: Dreamcast, game console, gaming console, Sega, vintage computing —

October 9, 2019 AT 11:45 am

Ken Thompson’s Unix password #VintageComputing #History #Unix

— by Anne Barela

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Tags: history, Passwords, Unix, vintage computing —

October 8, 2019 AT 9:50 am

Converting a vintage Atari 1020 plotter to use Grbl_ESP32 #Inktober #Atari #ReverseEngineering @buildlog

— by Anne Barela

Filed under: recycling, reverse engineering, vintage computing —
Tags: atari, ESP8266, gcode, grbl, inktober, plotter, reverse engineering, vintage computing —