Oric-1 First Look (Listen?) ( yt.artemislena.eu )
Alternative Youtube Link
"Chornobyl Family" - YouTube channel dedicated to Soviet-era computers and tech. ( www.youtube.com )
I recently stumbled upon a channel that definitely belongs here. A pair from Slovakia presents rare Soviet-era computers and other technology.
What was the last IBM ThinkPad? ( yt.artemislena.eu )
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Gateway 2000 Computer - Brand New - Free to a good home! ( lemmy.world )
So I'm cleaning out a house and found a brand new Gateway2k Pentium 4 computer. Someone opened the boxes but never took the computer out, its all still in the plastic and I don't want to ruin the unboxing for someone that is into this. The computer is free to a good home in the Boston metro area to make your retro gaming dreams...
The short, happy reign of CD-ROM ( www.fastcompany.com )
easy 6502 or Z80 emulation
I am looking for something simpler than MAME, I want to emulate an 8-bit CPU with 32K RAM and 32K ROM connected to a VT100 type terminal - this would be a simple Linux executable that one runs from the terminal emulator, I will simulate using a built-in teletype by copy/pasting text files into the terminal or copy/pasting screen...
The Z80 CPU - 1976 to 2024 ( www.youtube.com )
Let's talk about early MS-DOS disk management! And Partition Magic! ( raduzaharia.medium.com )
Windows 2000 professional ( lemmy.world )
Microsoft developer demos .NET on the NES — delivers .NES ( www.tomshardware.com )
Sealed Windows 2000 Advanced Server floppy disks ( lemmy.world )
A new issue of 'Komoda & Amiga Plus' has just been released. ( ka-plus.pl )
I am not affiliated with this title in any way. I am just sharing it out of appreciation for fine work and in the hope that someone here may be interested....
Microsoft open-sources GW-BASIC – OSnews ( www.osnews.com )
MS-DOS has been Open-Sourced! We Build and Run it! ( www.youtube.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/4649344...
Windows XP can run on an Intel CPU from 1989 thanks to dedicated modder ( www.techspot.com )
The GlobalTalk Network ( www.youtube.com )
Finding And Resurrecting Archie: The Internet’s First Search Engine ( hackaday.com )
Archive.today link to the article.
Idle Windows XP and 2000 machines get infected with viruses within minutes of being exposed online — legacy OSes compromised by just connecting to the Internet ( www.tomshardware.com )
The Niveus Denali: 2005's Coolest Home Theater PC ( www.youtube.com )
Alternative Invidious Link
Apple MIDI interface Demo - 1987 ( youtu.be )
8-Bit Homebrew Processor
So, this isn't exactly retrocomputing and it looks like it's from four years ago, but I just found it and thought that many here may find it interesting....
The BASIC programming language turns 60 ( arstechnica.com )
I was definitely a Commodore kid, and BASIC was my first language. Maybe it's nostalgia, but I still like BASIC for hobby stuff.
Inside the Globus INK: a mechanical navigation computer for Soviet spaceflight ( www.righto.com )
"Different Globus units needed to be built for different orbits. Moreover, this design only handles circular orbits, making it useless during orbit changes such as rendezvous and docking. These were such significant limitations that some cosmonauts wanted the Globus removed from the control panel, but it remained until it was...
How Not To Release Historic Source Code | OS/2 Museum ( www.os2museum.com )
Microsoft releases MS-DOS 4 source code on GitHub — 45 year old code now open-source ( www.tomshardware.com )
