5 hours ago
Jeremy Zawodny : What Your Computer Does While You Wait - What Your Computer Does While You Wait: this is good but kinda makes me sad too
nelson : Computer speeds - Great details of how CPU, cache, RAM, and bus interact for different latencies.
Rod Begbie : What Your Computer Does While You Wait : Gustavo Duarte - The latencies of the modern computer laid bare. "Waiting for a hard drive seek is like leaving the building to roam the earth for one year and three months." [via] #
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3 month ago
deusx : Do McC's war injuries prevent him from using a computer? (Scripting News) - "PS: Try searching for quadriplegic and computers. It's a hint. Amazing progress has been made in making computers accessible to people with disabilities. Seriously."
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3 month ago
Anil : Shuttle Chips Shipped — Cheap! - When the Space Shuttle Discovery glided home a few days ago, one of the electronic components which made it possible was the humble Intel 8086 processor. Some of the chips powering support systems for the shuttle were purchased from a motley variety of
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3 month ago
Anil : Shuttle Chips Shipped — Cheap! - When the Space Shuttle Discovery glided home a few days ago, one of the electronic components which made it possible was the humble Intel 8086 processor. Some of the chips powering support systems for the shuttle were purchased from a motley variety of
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3 month ago
joshua : the history of atari: 1971-1977
deusx : The History of Atari: 1971-1977 - "When Bushnell finally decided on the name for his pioneering video game company, he called it “Atari”. In Go terms this is like saying “watch the hell out, I’m just about to win the game”."
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4 month ago
Anil : Shuttle Chips Shipped — Cheap! - When the Space Shuttle Discovery glided home a few days ago, one of the electronic components which made it possible was the humble Intel 8086 processor. Some of the chips powering support systems for the shuttle were purchased from a motley variety of
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Anil : Shuttle Chips Shipped — Cheap! - When the Space Shuttle Discovery glided home a few days ago, one of the electronic components which made it possible was the humble Intel 8086 processor. Some of the chips powering support systems for the shuttle were purchased from a motley variety of
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4 month ago
nelson : Switching to the Mac - Even-minded comments on switching from Windows to Mac
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4 month ago
deusx : The Nation - McCain, the Analog Candidate - NYTimes.com - "“You don’t actually have to use a computer to understand how it shapes the country,” said Mark Soohoo, a McCain aide for online matters, at a conference on politics and technology. “You actually do,” interrupted Tracy Russo, a former blogg
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5 month ago
nelson : DNS name stupidity - Does the world need a .pepsi TLD?
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6 month ago
deusx : Walker: The Amiga That Never Took Its First Steps - Retro Thing - "Hungry for a new machine, one of the Amiga projects floating around in 1996 was the Amiga Walker."
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6 month ago
deusx : Welcome to My Nerditorium: New Old Stock In-Box C64C Arrives - "All of the cables were still wrapped in original plastic with aged looking tape. The manuals were all sealed, and the computer itself did not have a spot of dust on it or in it. All connectors and slots appear to be virgin."
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6 month ago
deusx : The Atari 65XE (900XLF) - "Introduced at the 1985 CES in Las Vegas. The Atari 65XE was the direct replacement for the Atari 800XL Personal Computer."
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6 month ago
deusx : Atari 8-bit family - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - "The Atari 8-bit family is a series of 8-bit home computers manufactured by Atari Inc. starting in 1979, and later Atari Corporation starting in 1984."
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6 month ago
deusx : Atari 65XE - "The 65XE was essentially a straight replacement for the Atari 800XL, adding not much more than a new version of BASIC, and updating the looks to match its big brother, the 130XE."
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7 month ago
gleuschk : DIY: Add a Mac to your Windows Network - PCs - need to get that dang printer working
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8 month ago
plasticbag : This 3d printer can churn out copies of itself, prefiguring a day when all things will be sentient 3d roaming printers - Occasional errors will be introduced through replication. For error correction 3d printers will connect to each other and blend their schematics. It's not quite what I expected as our future but it makes sense.
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8 month ago
plasticbag : Gorgeous pictures of laser-engraved MacBooks... - The last one on the page I think is absolutely beautiful. I wonder if there are any sites where you can find really amazing designs that you can take into a laser engraver to have put on your machine...
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8 month ago
gleuschk : Hack Attack: A guide for switching to a Mac - basic keyboard equivalents and other PC->Mac transitions
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8 month ago
gleuschk : Mac OS X: Rebuild Your Mac with 20 Useful Downloads - essential software for starting up with a mac
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8 month ago
gleuschk : Lifehacker Top 10: Top 10 Mac utilities - do-one-thing-well
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9 month ago
joshua : detailed explanations of old-school 8-bit machine graphics hw
deusx : SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Newsletter - 3D Graphics Hardware - May 98 - "This article will explore the 8-bit computer industry (from about 1982 to 1990) and in particular the graphics architectures, algorithms and techniques being employed at that time in computer games."
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9 month ago
Andy Baio : The Internet circa 1997 featured on Buffy the Vampire Slayer - the entire episode is viewable Hulu on various sites [via]
gleuschk : The Buffy guide to the Internet - 1997 style - currybetdotnet - 24 February, 2008 - high-larious
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10 month ago
Andy Baio : Dan & Kathryn's Apple //c unboxing - related: another vintage computer fan who bid for the same auction
deusx : Apple //c - a photoset on Flickr - "It's never been opened. Ever. It hasn't seen the light of day since before it was shipped on May 5th, 1988."
Matthew M. Boedicker : unboxing a never opened Apple //c - (via del.icio.us/popular) [via]
veen : Apple //c unboxing - "It's never been opened. Ever. It hasn't seen the light of day since before it was shipped on May 5th, 1988."
Khoi Vinh : Opening an Untouched, Sealed Apple IIc for the First Time - “It’s never been opened. Ever. It hasn’t seen the light of day since before it was shipped on May 5th, 1988.”
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11 month ago
deusx : Alt Text: A Geek Yearns for Yesteryear's Noisy Gear - "the sound of two computers locating each other across a vast expanse like primates in the jungle, only one of the primates has 32-color pictures of naked women for the other primate."
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