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 )
Who Knew What When | OS/2 Museum ( www.os2museum.com )
Back in my day we used Corel WordPerfect at school.
Kids today and their fancy Office 365.
Dell Called It "The Showstopper" - The Dell XPS M2010, a last hurrah of the luggable PC. ( www.youtube.com )
Oric-1 First Look (Listen?) ( yt.artemislena.eu )
Alternative Youtube Link
What was the last IBM ThinkPad? ( yt.artemislena.eu )
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"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.
The short, happy reign of CD-ROM ( www.fastcompany.com )
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...
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 )
On the off chance someone hadn't heard of it - Fujinet is amazing! ( fujinet.online )
This project really showcases the power of open source and passionate people building something for the sheer joy of it :)...
I stumbled across this the other day - Old DOS Never dies... ( ia801209.us.archive.org )
This should boot up on your run of the mill S-100 based system with an 8086. Maybe an 8080 too? Also, it reportedly runs under #simH as a virtual machine. According to some, this is the earliest known version of #86-DOS, not long after replacing #QDOS as its successor....
Let's talk about early MS-DOS disk management! And Partition Magic! ( raduzaharia.medium.com )
Windows 2000 professional ( lemmy.world )
Sealed Windows 2000 Advanced Server floppy disks ( lemmy.world )
Microsoft developer demos .NET on the NES — delivers .NES ( www.tomshardware.com )
Microsoft open-sources GW-BASIC – OSnews ( www.osnews.com )
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....
MS-DOS has been Open-Sourced! We Build and Run it! ( www.youtube.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/4649344...
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.
Windows XP can run on an Intel CPU from 1989 thanks to dedicated modder ( www.techspot.com )
Finding And Resurrecting Archie: The Internet’s First Search Engine ( hackaday.com )
Archive.today link to the article.
The GlobalTalk Network ( www.youtube.com )
The Niveus Denali: 2005's Coolest Home Theater PC ( www.youtube.com )
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