*banned 4 MarkDown love* @design_RG@qoto.org

And I just discovered that Anatoly is here in the Fediverse too -- I follow him on Twitter, and enjoy the many #Retro #Tech posts, games, screenshots, pixel art.

---> @dosnostalgic

#FF Recommended ! #Computing #RetroGaming

Stunning, elegant. Can see the screen quality clearly on the photos.

Dell XPS 15" -- workstation, not a Toy. #xp #computing

Price? cheap compared to Cupertino's MBP.
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RT @Daniel_Rubino
Behold it's glory.

It's amazing, which is my "I've had it for 5 mins so far" impression.

4k, i7, 1650 Ti, 512/16GB.

$2,155.
https://twitter.com/Daniel_Rubino/status/1268311990545473536

The Very FIRST #Android phone -- was developed before Apple's 2007 iPhone appeared. Consumer reaction to that made Google ABANDON this design, start from scratch, touch screen keyboard. Like #Apple. #IT #History #Vintage #Computing #Retro #xp
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RT @AndroidPolice
The first Android phone wasn't the HTC G1—it was this weird Google prototype, and I used one https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/05/24/android-was-born-on-this-weird-old-pro…
https://twitter.com/AndroidPolice/status/1264615153363902464

Z(1) = Y + W(1)

#Fortran Statement in this #Vintage #computing input device.

The famous "punched cards", which each cold hold 80 characters or one line of programming instructions or data for processing.

I learned this language, and created my assignments in decks of those cards.

Back in November, when I was starting here, we had a delightful thread about it, which included this image.

@k11m1 -- see it here : https://qoto.org/@design_RG/103154401406648568

#QotoJournal #History #Technology #Programming

90's Groovy graphics, anyone?

#vintage #computing #games #xp #tech #retro
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RT @dosnostalgic

https://twitter.com/dosnostalgic/status/1261892519631224832

A very suggestive name, this sub-Reddit I just came about.

and active - the post in the snapshot was made 11 h ago, and has 600+ Up Votes.

See it : https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/

#unix #computing #IT #cyberpunk #xp #Tech

"1979 year. It looked like a 250 MB hard drive. Truly hard..."

#xp #IT #Vintage #Computing
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RT @MrBonitas
1979 год. Так выглядел жесткий диск на 250 МБ. Воистину жесткий...
https://twitter.com/MrBonitas/status/1248222443539435520

Cory Doctorow just posted a really nice series of Tweets, and at the end cited this article as inspiration.

#Tech #science #computing #parallel computing #xp
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RT @doctorow
(this thread inspired by @jjn1's column in today's Guardian)

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/11/we-are-approaching-the-limits-of-computer-power-we-need-new-programmers-n-ow
https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1216380499712606209

Have you ever seen or heard of the Altair 8800?

Tech historians and #retro #computing people know. Important, fist personal computer ever.

Original at his post : https://mastodon.sdf.org/@jebug29/103439876154972389

Jess is rebuilding one, and I just found a pic, cropped here for size (Bytes, I save them).

When phones were phones. Batteries, lasted for days. You did not get spied and tracked by your must have apps.

Cell phones don't necessarily have to be #Evil devices.

Nokia, 2002 Cover, Forbes Magazine. #xp #Tech #mobile #computing

RT of a nice #design element for #computing.

From: https://toot.cafe/@DawnPaladin/103324563832288969
I have always wanted this. I never thought it would be possible.

https://www.figma.com/blog/announcing-auto-layout/

#design #ui

RT from https://hackers.town/@rgx/103317533135685592

My first one was an US Robotics Courier 2400 bps, internal model.

I had to learn VERY quickly of all the intricacies of IRQs, Com port addresses and default assigned IRQs, Jumper settings to change those.

And -- even when perfectly configured for a Com 2, IRQ 3 (I think it was, been a long time), it did not work well at all.

More troubleshooting, and it was the beginning of my learning of many aspects of PC technology. Fast forward 5 years and I was teaching a Computer Repairs class, all from what I learned on my own, struggling but persevering and getting things working in the end.

Loved it, specially when things were working well!

Turns out, the modem problem wasn't the modem, or any ports on the ISA expansion card this system had. It was the mouse, a Logitech bus mouse with its own ISA controller card, which had been set by jumpers to use IRQ 3, the one I wanted, default for Com2 serial ports.

Once I figured that, a Jumper change and it moved to IRQ 5; no more conflicts.

And my adventures in the BBS world started. Becoming an active member of FidoNet was the next phase.

Internet? that took about 4 years before I could get access, when joining a University. NO consumer internet existed at the time, it only became more common later, 1996-7 or so.

#modem #DialUp #networking #IRQ #ISA #Retro #Computing #hobby #PCtech

Blog Post coming soon... 😉

And then we discover new and cool places... When looking for cool and old software.

Adobe PageMill in my case. Now abandoned, FREE, used to be their web dev solution around 1999.

"WinWorld is an online museum dedicated to the preservation and sharing of vintage, abandoned, and pre-release software. We offer information, media and downloads for a wide variety of computers and operating systems.

Our entire library is free, open and available to everyone. "

#retro #computing is alive and well.

* apps library : https://winworldpc.com/library/applications

* op systems library : https://winworldpc.com/library/operating-systems

"Ken Thompson (sitting) and Dennis Ritchie working together at a PDP-11"

A Mini computer, made by DEC, Digital Equipment Corporation, one of the great names in American computing history that disappeared into mergers and acquisitions (bought by Compaq, I think)

#vintage #retro #computing