Tag: retro

Tecnología

Space Hifi
Enviado por Fabio
This is the Revox Evolution from 1992, with a GUI.\r\n

02/02/25 | hace 616 días | www.youtube.com
Software

Reviving a Dead Audio Format: The Return of ZZM
Enviado por Fabio
Long-time readers will know that my first video game love was the text-mode video game slash creation studio ZZT. One feature of this game is the ability to ...

29/01/25 | hace 621 días | nicole.express
Software

How Unix Spell Ran in 64kB RAM
Enviado por Fabio
How do you fit a dictionary in 64kb RAM? Unix engineers solved it with clever data structures and compression tricks. Here\'s the fascinating story behind it.

25/01/25 | hace 625 días | blog.codingconfessions.com
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Windows 2: Final Fantasy of operating systems
Enviado por Fabio
It is common knowledge that Final Fantasy could have been the "final" game for the studio, the first and the last in the series. It is far less known that Windows 2, released around the same...

03/01/25 | hace 647 días | www.ninakalinina.com
Software

SvarDOS: DR-DOS reborn as an open source OS
Enviado por Fabio
A #DOScember surprise: fits on a single floppy, but has a network-capable package manager

02/01/25 | hace 648 días | www.theregister.com
Tecnología

Have a Helping of 8-bit Holiday Cheer! (2024 Edition) - Byte Cellar
Enviado por Fabio
‘Tis the season, and that means it’s time to push out the thirteenth annual Byte Cellar vintage computer Holiday demo roundup so everyone can feel that warm, fuzzy, pixellated holiday glow (which...

23/12/24 | hace 657 días | bytecellar.com
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A quick look at OS/2's builtin virtualization
Enviado por Fabio
A while ago, someone on the fediverse mentioned "OS/2's virtualization features" to me. I don't remember who it was, sorry. I had the chance to take a look at this today. ...

19/12/24 | hace 662 días | www.uninformativ.de
Tecnología

My new POWER Indigo 2
Enviado por Fabio
This is a Silicon Graphics workstation from 1995. Specifically, it is an \'Teal\' Indigo 2 (as opposed to a \'Purple\' Indigo 2, which came later). Ordinarily that\'s rare...

25/11/24 | hace 686 días | thejpster.org.uk
Tecnología

Why did Windows 95 setup use three operating systems?
Enviado por Fabio
Curiosamente el setup del Windows 95 pasaba primero por MS DOS, luego Windows 3.1 y al final recién Windows 95, tres sistemas operativos para instalar uno solo, delirio de la época

22/11/24 | hace 689 días | devblogs.microsoft.com
Programación

In Memoriam: Thomas E. Kurtz, 1928–2024
Enviado por Fabio
Falleció Thomas Kurtz, uno de los inventores del lenguaje BASIC.

20/11/24 | hace 691 días | computerhistory.org
Internet

\'We were just trying to get it to work\': The failure that started the internet
Enviado por Fabio
On 29 October 1969, two scientists established a connection between computers some 350 miles away and started typing a message. Halfway through, it crashed.

30/10/24 | hace 712 días | www.bbc.com
Imagenes

35 Amazing Photochromes of Venice in the 1890s
Enviado por Fabio
Venice in the 1890s was a fascinating blend of artistic vibrancy and social change. The city, renowned for its canals and stunning architect...

14/10/24 | hace 727 días | www.vintag.es