#oldcomputers

For whom the Taco Bell tollsmadrush@tacobelllabs.net
2025-07-08

Would it be possible to concoct some kind of car that strongly identifies with a personal computer? Like, not decorate it with ram sticks or anything like that but design a dashboard instruments center console and seats that fit in neatly with 80s 90s beige pc design language
#weirdcarmastodon #oldcomputers

N-gated Hacker Newsngate
2025-06-24

🚫💻 Microsoft's latest revelation: Your trusty old computer is *totally* fine, and you're just a tech hypochondriac! Meanwhile, the article's been barred from entry like an underage teen at a nightclub—403 Forbidden, indeed! 🛑😂
technical.ly/civic-news/window

Erik 'Picto-Fictionist' AmillProphetEKA
2025-05-27

"Hey Proph, do you still have any old computers?"

Yes & no. The case (along w/ the CD & floppy drives, apparently) still live. It's fairly empty beyond that. That particular case has the start of a mural on the other side.

It was going to get a plexi window but I had neither the tools nor the hand strength at the time.

Maybe someday... = )

Photo of an old computer freshly uncovered beneath a pile of stuff in a garage. The system was painted black with neon green accents. A wire mesh covered hole can be seen on the front toward the bottom of the case peeking out from behind a plastic bag. A very yellowed CD-ROM drive and the door to a floppy drive are visible in the mostly stripped machine.
Solar Phasingsolarphasing
2025-05-22

My first operating system was CP/M. An operating system created in 1974 by Gary Kildall, the founder of Digital Research. Few people knows who was Gary Kildall (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Kil) and his CPM (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CP/M).

Apple and Microsoft have taken the history for them..

Wikipedia: Sanco 8001 computer, running under CP/M 2.2 (1982)
doctorambientdoctorambient
2025-05-13

I'm still trying to get my head around the fact that a Heathkit H11 was really a DEC PDP11 in disguise.

Klaus Zimmermann :unverified:kzimmermann@c.im
2025-05-08

Impressive. A machine from 1999 running modern-day Linux with #Antix...

...FROM A LIVE CD!

reddit.com/comments/1kgoqki

No idea how usable it is, but it even loaded up a browsing session thanks to the amazing #NetSurf.

#retrocomputing #oldcomputers

2025-04-07

PC von 2008 mit SSD aufrüsten: Jetzt mit 2GB RAM!!!

tube.tchncs.de/videos/watch/73

2025-03-31

I can hardly explain just how crazy warp speed this is to me. I started on my 1200 baud modem, lived through the 'what even is 56k spec'.

#56k #modem #oldprogrammer #oldcomputers #internet

An image from the speedtest website. Ping 10, Download 947.1, Upload 216.1
2025-03-25

Die eierlegende Wollmilchsau "petSD+ " Ein #Floppyemulator für #commodore #C64 #VC20 #PET :-) #retrocomputing #oldcomputers #berlinCreators

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