Fedi.Video<p>Johnny Blanchard / Re-Enthused makes videos about retro computers and consoles, including both famous and obscure systems. You can follow at:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://makertube.net/accounts/johnny_blanchard" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>johnny_blanchard</span></a></span> </p><p>There are already 570 videos uploaded. If these haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them all at <a href="https://makertube.net/a/johnny_blanchard/videos" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">makertube.net/a/johnny_blancha</span><span class="invisible">rd/videos</span></a></p><p>You can also follow Blanchard's general social media account at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://retrochat.online/@jonn_blanchard" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jonn_blanchard</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/FeaturedPeerTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FeaturedPeerTube</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/VideoGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VideoGames</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/ComputingHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComputingHistory</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/PeerTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeerTube</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/PeerTubers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeerTubers</span></a></p>
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ploum<p>20 years of Linux on the Desktop (part 3)</p><p>Read chapter 3 of the book I’m currently writing about the history of Linux on the desktop.</p><p><a href="https://ploum.net/2025-03-08-linux_desktop3.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ploum.net/2025-03-08-linux_des</span><span class="invisible">ktop3.html</span></a></p><p>Still looking for an agent or a publisher to make a dead-tree version of it…</p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/computinghistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computinghistory</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/gnome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gnome</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ubuntu</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/maemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maemo</span></a></p>
FediThing 🏳️🌈<p>Just found out about a 2009 TV film on retro computing called "Micro Men". It's a sort of comedy-drama about UK computer manufacturers in the 1980s, done on a tiny budget by mixing in archive footage. It works really well!</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH5L-iTIbP8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=XH5L-iTIbP</span><span class="invisible">8</span></a></p><p>There's also a video of some of the real people depicted watching it and commenting on the authenticity:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaonVYOTSsk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=yaonVYOTSs</span><span class="invisible">k</span></a></p><p>cc <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/retrocomputing" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>retrocomputing</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/RetroTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroTech</span></a> <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/ComputingHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComputingHistory</span></a> <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/Computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Computing</span></a> <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/Acorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Acorn</span></a> <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/Sinclair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sinclair</span></a> <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/ZXSpectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZXSpectrum</span></a> <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/BBCMicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBCMicro</span></a></p>
Harald Klinke<p>Radical Software: Women, Art & Computing 1960-1991 (Vienna, 28 Feb 25) explores the role of women in the development of computing and digital art. A one-day symposium at TU Wien features keynotes, panels & discussions with leading scholars & artists.<br><a href="https://informatics.tuwien.ac.at/news/2833" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">informatics.tuwien.ac.at/news/</span><span class="invisible">2833</span></a></p><p><a href="https://det.social/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalArt</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/ComputingHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComputingHistory</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/WomenInTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInTech</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/ArtAndTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtAndTechnology</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/RadicalSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadicalSoftware</span></a></p>
Fedi.Video<p>Ctrl Alt Rees (aka Rees) posts in-depth videos about retro computing and retro gaming, especially old PCs and Atari game consoles. You can follow their video account at:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://makertube.net/accounts/rees" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rees</span></a></span> </p><p>There are already over 300 videos uploaded. If they haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them all at <a href="https://makertube.net/a/rees/videos" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">makertube.net/a/rees/videos</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>You can also follow Rees's general social media account at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oldbytes.space/@ctrlaltrees" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ctrlaltrees</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/FeaturedPeerTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FeaturedPeerTube</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/ComputingHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComputingHistory</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atari</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/PeerTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeerTube</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/PeerTubers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeerTubers</span></a></p>
Blake Patterson<p>Today I stood in front of an Apple Computer 1 (aka Apple I), Apple's first product, at the National Museum of American History in DC.</p><p>Here's my photo.</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Apple1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple1</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AppleI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AppleI</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Smithsonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Smithsonian</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/NMAH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NMAH</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputers</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/computinghistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computinghistory</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computers</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AppleII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AppleII</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/SteveJobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SteveJobs</span></a></p>
Fedi.Video<p>Veronica Explains is an excellent account which makes fun videos about all kinds of computing topics, including Linux, free open source software and retro computing. You can follow at:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tinkerbetter.tube/accounts/vkc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vkc</span></a></span> </p><p>There are already over 40 videos uploaded. If these haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them all at <a href="https://tinkerbetter.tube/a/vkc/videos" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinkerbetter.tube/a/vkc/videos</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/FeaturedPeerTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FeaturedPeerTube</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/ComputingHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComputingHistory</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/PeerTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeerTube</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/PeerTubers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeerTubers</span></a></p>
Fedi.Video<p>Root42 makes retro computing videos, often about repairing Commodore computer hardware or programming for MS-DOS. You can follow at:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://makertube.net/accounts/root_42" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>root_42</span></a></span> </p><p>There are already over 30 videos published. If they haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them all at <a href="https://makertube.net/a/root_42/videos" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">makertube.net/a/root_42/videos</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>You can also follow their non-video account at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@root42" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>root42</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/FeaturedPeerTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FeaturedPeerTube</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/ComputingHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComputingHistory</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commodore</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/MSDos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MSDos</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/RepairVideos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepairVideos</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Programming</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/PeerTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeerTube</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/PeerTubers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeerTubers</span></a></p>
Fedi.Video<p>Way back in the 1970s/1980s, before the Fediverse, before the web, there was an even older open network: "bulletin board systems" or BBSes.</p><p>You can watch a multi-part documentary about the history of the BBS network at:</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://fedi.video/w/p/h6CMyFnbdPZXpaRpMCBKdk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fedi.video/w/p/h6CMyFnbdPZXpaR</span><span class="invisible">pMCBKdk</span></a></p><p>The episodes are themed rather than chronological, so you can watch any episodes you want in any order.</p><p><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/BBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBS</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/BulletinBoards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BulletinBoards</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/BBSes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBSes</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/CreativeCommons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CreativeCommons</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/ComputingHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComputingHistory</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a></p>
@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:<p>"Internet may be just a passing fad as millions give up on it." (December 5th, 2000)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ComputingHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComputingHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VintageComputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VintagePessimism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VintagePessimism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorldWideWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldWideWeb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Year2000" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Year2000</span></a></p>
De Fulenzer<p>Z'Züri ist am nächsten Wochenende Vintage Computer Festival. Und weil ich dazu hier nichts gefunden habe, übernehme ich mal darauf hinzuweisen. </p><p>Allerhand Vorträge und Ausstellungen sind geplant. Mehr auf:</p><p><a href="https://vintagecomputerfestival.ch" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">vintagecomputerfestival.ch</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Ich denke, wir fahren Samstag oder Sonntag. 🙂 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vcf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vcf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>8bit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/16bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>16bit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/z%C3%BCrich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zürich</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/schweiz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schweiz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/computinghistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computinghistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a></p>
Mark Gritter<p>A <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/ComputingHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComputingHistory</span></a> question that came up today: what is the origin of | (the vertical stroke) as bitwise OR in PL/I, and thence to the C family of languages?</p><p>I haven't been able to trace it further back, and interestingly in logic it was the "Sheffer Stroke", NAND (although Wikipedia claims that Sheffer actually used it for NOR instead?) There does not seem to be a logic or typesetting convention that birthed |.</p><p>I don't know enough about early IBM keyboards to know what other characters might be available.</p><p>The choice of & for AND instead of ^ -- it's right there! -- is similarly unclear.</p>
Blake Patterson<p>It was 40 years ago this week that the Atari ST was announced at the January 1985 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. </p><p>Not long after, in the fall of 1986, I got my own Atari 520ST system and count it as one my favorites among the many systems I haveowned over the years. Here, at the ST's 40th Anniversary, I share one of my earliest and most memorable experiences with my beloved 520ST, which took place on a Halloween night long, long ago.</p><p><a href="https://bytecellar.com/2016/11/10/the-year-that-starglider-and-the-atari-st-saved-halloween/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bytecellar.com/2016/11/10/the-</span><span class="invisible">year-that-starglider-and-the-atari-st-saved-halloween/</span></a></p><p>Today, I have a nearly identical 520ST setup here in the Byte Cellar and I still count it among the most beloved of my vintage systems. I hope you enjoy the memory.</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atari</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AtariST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtariST</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Atari520ST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atari520ST</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintatgecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintatgecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputers</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/computinghistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computinghistory</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/JackTramiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JackTramiel</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Jackintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jackintosh</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Halloween" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Halloween</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/memorylane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>memorylane</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/nostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nostalgia</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/CES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CES</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/CES2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CES2025</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintagetech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagetech</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ByteCellar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ByteCellar</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogames</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Firebird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firebird</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Rainbird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rainbird</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Starglider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starglider</span></a></p>
Blake Patterson<p>I just discovered Old'aVista.</p><p><a href="https://oldavista.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">oldavista.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintageweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintageweb</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/altavista" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>altavista</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/searchengines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>searchengines</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/nostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nostalgia</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/archive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archive</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/computinghistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computinghistory</span></a></p>
jbz<p>🍎 The Apple Jonathan: A Very 1980s Concept Computer That Never Shipped <br>— 512 Pixels </p><p>"Customers would be able to add a series of book-sized modules (for software and hardware options) that clicked into a slender docking station sitting under the monitor, that itself looked like a bookshelf ... There were no cables"</p><p><a href="https://512pixels.net/2024/03/apple-jonathan-modular-concept/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">512pixels.net/2024/03/apple-jo</span><span class="invisible">nathan-modular-concept/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apple</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/computinghistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computinghistory</span></a></p>
ploum<p>I’ve just published part 2 of my retrospective "20 years of Linux on the Desktop". And it ends on a cliffhanger…</p><p>Read it here:</p><p><a href="https://ploum.net/2024-12-16-linux_desktop2.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ploum.net/2024-12-16-linux_des</span><span class="invisible">ktop2.html</span></a></p><p>Discuss it here:<br><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42435282" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4</span><span class="invisible">2435282</span></a></p><p><a href="https://lobste.rs/s/vnuk9u/20_years_linux_on_desktop_part_2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lobste.rs/s/vnuk9u/20_years_li</span><span class="invisible">nux_on_desktop_part_2</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debian</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ubuntu</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/gnome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gnome</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/computinghistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computinghistory</span></a></p>
ploum<p>20 years of Linux on the Desktop (part 2)</p><p><a href="https://ploum.net/2024-12-16-linux_desktop2.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ploum.net/2024-12-16-linux_des</span><span class="invisible">ktop2.html</span></a></p><p>Also available on <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/gemini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gemini</span></a> : <a href="gemini://ploum.net/2024-12-16-linux_desktop2.gmi" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible"></span><span class="ellipsis">gemini://ploum.net/2024-12-16-</span><span class="invisible">linux_desktop2.gmi</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ubuntu</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debian</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/gnome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gnome</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/computinghistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computinghistory</span></a></p>
AlsoPaisleyCat<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.green/@Tarnport" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Tarnport</span></a></span> </p><p>Always remember : ‘Computer’ was the word for a woman who did calculations.</p><p>There’s a reason that the patterns for jacquard looms were effectively the first computer programs.</p><p>Knitting and crochet patterns are essentially machine language code.</p><p>Quilting traditions incorporating geometric patterning and permutations mixed with optical effects is all of a piece of this. (Pun very much intended.)</p><p><a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Quilting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quilting</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Misogyny</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/MathIsWomensWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MathIsWomensWork</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Math</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Computing</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/ComputingHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComputingHistory</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Crafts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crafts</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Knitting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Knitting</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/Crochet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crochet</span></a></p>
Matthias MProve<p><a href="https://hci.social/tags/DougDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DougDay</span></a> - 56 yrs ago, on 9-Dec-1968, Douglas Engelbart and Jeff Rulifson have presented NLS/Augment. This groundbreaking presentation at FJCC in San Francisco became later known as »The Mother of All Demos.«</p><p>Watch a remastered version and/or an excellent documentary (2018) via the ChronoLink <a href="https://mprove.de/chrono3d?q=37.78337,-122.3996&z=17.05&r=-103&t=38&s=1&i=1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mprove.de/chrono3d?q=37.78337,</span><span class="invisible">-122.3996&z=17.05&r=-103&t=38&s=1&i=1</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hci.social/tags/computinghistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computinghistory</span></a></p>
Mark Gritter<p>I attended my great-uncle Phil's funeral last week. He had a career in computing starting in the 1960's; we had a lot in common and could swap stories about technology and business. We will miss him very much.</p><p>The memorial boards included this summary of his career and a batch of old business cards, as well as this certificate of his membership in the Data Processing Management Association, from 1981. (It's now the Association of Information Technology Professionals, AITP.)</p><p>One thing that struck me is that although the code of ethics lists responsibilities to one's employer, and separately to one's management, to fellow members (not to misuse the information you learned about their business, nor to sell to them at meetings!), and to the country at large -- there is no specific guidance towards the people affected by the use of data processing, those whose well-being or privacy could be negatively affected. That is a fixture of modern ethics codes, but didn't make the cut in 1981.</p><p>The University of Minnesota Library has records from the DPMA in its collection! <a href="https://archives.lib.umn.edu/repositories/3/resources/2474" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archives.lib.umn.edu/repositor</span><span class="invisible">ies/3/resources/2474</span></a> </p><p>What remain of Uncle Phil's business records are probably sitting in his rented storage unit; in his later years he never had the energy to sort through it or the determination to simply get rid of everything. While it might be interesting to see what is still there, I don't anticipate we will have the opportunity (or the energy, either!) to do so.</p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/InMemoriam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InMemoriam</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/ComputingHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComputingHistory</span></a></p>
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