27 years ago today, Microsoft shipped Windows 98. It was an incremental improvement over Windows 95, but one that's well remembered and generally better regarded today, even if it didn't get off to the best start. #retrocomputing https://dfarq.homeip.net/windows-98-shipped-june-25-1998/

What did the Amiga design team do after the Amiga? Several of its key players continued on without Jay Miner, and one product they worked on was 3DO. 3DO wasn't a bad idea, but its failure proved that allowing clones isn't a panacea. #retrocomputing #retrogaming https://dfarq.homeip.net/what-went-wrong-with-3do/

26 years ago this week, AMD launched its Athlon CPU, a make or break product for them. It ended up being the first clone x86 CPU to outperform Intel's fastest contemporary CPU. #retrocomputing https://dfarq.homeip.net/amd-athlon-amds-game-changing-cpu-from-1999/

When Atari and Amiga designer Jay Miner wasn't designing the greatest computers of all time, he was designing lifesaving medical devices. Sadly, he was powerless to design something to save his own life. We lost him 31 years ago today, aged 62. #retrocomputing https://dfarq.homeip.net/jay-miner-atari-and-amiga-computer-designer/

If you thought I was going to let you forget Windows ME's birthday, you were WRONG! Let's explore why there's so much nostalgia for 98SE and XP but so little love for ME. #retrocomputing https://dfarq.homeip.net/windows-me-released-june-19-2000/

In 1994, the Pentium was the hottest CPU around. The problem was it couldn't divide accurately. A mathematics professor discovered the bug June 13, 1994, and the resulting recall cost Intel $475 million. #retrocomputing https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-pentium-fdiv-bug-and-recall/

One of the biggest names in PC clones in 1983 was Eagle Computer. Tragically their CEO, Commodore alumnus Dennis Barnhart, died in a car crash the day of their IPO and things started going wrong from there. #retrocomputing https://dfarq.homeip.net/eagle-computer-the-rise-and-fall-of-an-early-pc-clone/

42 years ago today, Coleco unveiled its ill-fated Adam computer. It was a good value for the money but they couldn't build it in sufficient quantities and quality control issues ran rampant. It only lasted 24 months on the market. #retrocomputing https://dfarq.homeip.net/coleco-adam-computer/

It wasn't the biggest CRT ever made. But if you wanted big time TV in June 1978 and had big time money ($2800) to spend, the GE Widescreen 1000 was the thing to get. Imagine playing Space Invaders on this! #RetroGaming https://dfarq.homeip.net/ge-widescreen-1000/

The Intel 8088 made its debut 47 years ago this week. In this blog post, we look at the 8088 and its sanctioned second source clones, and why Intel sanctioned clones in those early days. #retrocomputing https://dfarq.homeip.net/intel-8088s-and-non-intel-non-clones/

42 years ago today, the first Babbage's location opened in Dallas. 11 years later, it was operating 320 stores in 40 states plus Puerto Rico and Canada. #retrocomputing #retrogaming https://dfarq.homeip.net/babbages-remembered/

43 years ago this week, Electronic Arts was founded. And it started out as a very different kind of games company, one that treated programmers like artists when other publishers treated them like assembly line workers. #retrocomputing #retrogaming https://dfarq.homeip.net/electronic-arts-founded-may-28-1982/

On this day in 1988, Digital Research released DR DOS, its own souped up MS-DOS compatible operating system for IBM PCs. It would have been the revenge of CP/M if all had gone to plan. #retrocomputing https://dfarq.homeip.net/dr-dos-revenge-of-cp-m/

It was 30 years ago today that Microsoft decided this Internet thing was for real and they needed to take it seriously. Bill Gates' memo, titled the Internet Tidal Wave, changed the company's direction. #retrocomputing https://dfarq.homeip.net/bill-gates-internet-tidal-wave-microsoft-memo/

13 years ago this week, HP ended its use of the Compaq name, bringing an end to a storied PC brand that had once led the industry. This blog post looks back at the HP-Compaq merger and what went wrong. #retrocomputing https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-ill-fated-hp-compaq-merger/

35 years ago this week, Microsoft dropped Windows 3.0, the first version of Windows to see commercial success. In this blog post, we look back at what was better about it, but also how it had further to go. #retrocomputing https://dfarq.homeip.net/advantages-disadvantages-windows-3-0/

Before Microsoft was obsessed with web browsers, it was obsessed with personal finance software. They were willing to pay record-setting money for it. 30 years ago today, Microsoft and Intuit abandoned their merger over antitrust concerns. #retrocomputing https://dfarq.homeip.net/microsofts-attempted-merger-with-intuit/

27 years ago today, the Department of Justice sued Microsoft, seeking its breakup. If you think Microsoft didn't need breaking up because it changed its ways, this case was what changed its behavior. #retrocomputing https://dfarq.homeip.net/microsoft-antitrust-case-of-1998/

Making money giving away free stuff was a common dotcom-era business model. But Cyberrebate took it to an extreme, giving away actual physical merchandise. At its peak it was the third largest online retailer but it closed its doors after 3 years, on May 16, 2001. #retrocomputing https://dfarq.homeip.net/cyberrebate-com-the-worst-dotcom-era-idea/

On May 14, 1992, Texas Instruments signed an agreement that allowed them to create 486 CPUs based on Cyrix's technology. The most interesting of these is the 486SXL, which plugs into a 386 socket and is the fastest CPU ever made for that socket. #Retrocomputing https://dfarq.homeip.net/texas-instruments-486sxl-cpu/