11 days ago
nelson : Tinkerer’s Sunset - Mark Pilgrim's eloquent statement of the importance of open computing platforms
# copy5 month ago
deusx : Atari 1200XL vs. Dell Inspiron 1525 - "I decided: why not ignore the fact that my first computer and my latest computer are 27 years apart? Why not stack them on top of each other, take some silly photos, and put up a chart comparing how many kilo-whatsits of X the Atari had to how many
# copy7 month ago
nelson : Shockwave crash icon - Love the image: sad puzzle piece
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8 month ago
nelson : Google App Engine adds a task queue - Now you can do work on Google's cluster without having to be an HTTP request handler
# copy8 month ago
philgyford : Cambridge University - CamTV - Video and Audio - The Phillips Machine with Allan McRobie - Video of the machine that simulates the economy using water. A few years back I couldn't even find a picture of this thing. The internet's getting better.
# copy9 month ago
deusx : Big Mess o’ Wires » Wire-Wrap Photos - "I finished wiring the audio circuitry for BMOW yesterday, which marks the end of wiring for BMOW… for version 1 at least! I took the opportunity to reflect on my wire-wrapping odyssey, and took a bazillion photos of the namesake Big Mess o’ Wire
# copy9 month ago
deusx : Big Mess o’ Wires » BMOW Project Summary - "Big Mess o’ Wires 1 is an original CPU design. It does not use any commercial CPU, but instead has a custom CPU constructed from dozens of simple logic chips. Around this foundation is built a full computer with support for a keyboard, sound, vide
# copy9 month ago
deusx : Homebrewed CPU Is a Beautiful Mess of Wires | Gadget Lab | Wired.com - "Intel’s fabrication plants can churn out hundreds of thousands of processor chips a day. But what does it take to handcraft a single 8-bit CPU and a computer? Give or take 18 months, about $1,000 and 1,253 pieces of wire. Steve Chamberlin, a Belm
# copy10 month ago
deusx : Classic Computer Magazine Archive - "preserving information from early personal computer magazines"
# copy10 month ago
deusx : Internet Archive: Details: Amiga 3000 - "For fans of the Commodore Amiga, the introduction of the new Amiga 3000 was big news, even though the price tag was nearly $4,000. This program looked at the new Amiga computer and new third party appplications. Demonstrations include the Amiga 3000
# copy11 month ago
deusx : University Computer Labs? How Retro! | Technologizer - "With almost every student owning a laptop, the school decided that the time was right to save several hundred thousand dollars by eliminating access to shared machines. (It’ll continue to offer space for students to share as they work together, so
# copy11 month ago
deusx : Retr0Bright » home - "How to deal with the “not-so-mellow yellow” of old computers and consoles "
Andy Baio : The Retr0brite Project - retro computing geeks open-source a cleaning formula to turn yellowing plastics white again [via]
joshua : Retr0Bright » home - de-yellowing antique hardware
# copy12 month ago
Jeremy Zawodny : office faq - office faq: that is mildly insane
nelson : Geek attic office - Amazingly designed single person office
# copy12 month ago
deusx : f.lux - "Ever notice how people texting at night have that eerie blue glow? Or wake up ready to write down the Next Great Idea, and get blinded by your computer screen? During the day, computer screens look good—they're designed to look like the sun
# copy14 month 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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17 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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17 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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18 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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18 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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18 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
# copy18 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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18 month ago
nelson : Switching to the Mac - Even-minded comments on switching from Windows to Mac
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18 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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20 month ago
nelson : DNS name stupidity - Does the world need a .pepsi TLD?
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20 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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