Let's have some fun browsing the web with MS-DOS ( raduzaharia.medium.com )
Has anyone C code to filter frames to 1bit color depth approximation? ( fed.dyne.org )
Revival of Medley/Interlisp: Elegant weapon for a more civilized age sharpened up again ( www.theregister.com )
A quick trip to the year 2002: BeOS 5 ( raduzaharia.medium.com )
A quick look back at the official announcement of Microsoft Windows 1.0 40 years ago today ( www.neowin.net )
Let's take a quick look at how software was built in the MS-DOS era: Borland Pascal 7. ( raduzaharia.medium.com )
Retro Tech Dreams has a blog now ( www.retrotechdreams.com )
I’ve been following this account for a few years on Twitter and it’s awesome. I was out of the loop since I stopped using Twitter, but now I found that they launched a blog and also started to be active in other social media. Thought you might appreciate it like I do!
Two Stop Bits - a discussion web site about retro computing and gaming ( twostopbits.com )
Smart Terminals: Personal Computing’s True Origin? ( thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com )
The 8-bit Guy - My Dream Computer is Finally on Sale! (Commander X16 update) ( youtu.be )
Piped alternative: piped.video/watch?v=mPuP1L7vnr0...
How would I make my own bubble memory?
It’s a good candidate since it sounds like there’s no precision mechanical components like there would be in a hard drive. Does anyone have ideas for how I’d go about this? Is there a barrier I’m not considering?...
Some Commodore floppy disks I have. ( imgur.com )
I love the graphic design on these old removable media.
Secret History: Apple's first attempt at making a CPU ( youtu.be )
The history of Vim ( pikuma.com )
Amazing article from Gustavo Pezzi about the history of the vi editor up to vim. Did you know that vim was first developed for the Amiga? That and lots of other interesting tidbits.
Gary Kildall - The Man That Should Have Been Bill Gates - Part I ( www.youtube.com )
cross-posted from: lemmy.capebreton.social/post/557460...
Painting Apple hardware - what colour?
I’ve recently acquired an Apple Macintosh Color Display. Sadly, it’s very yellowed (or rather, oranged). I was thinking about forgoing retrobrighting and just going for painting it. Anybody here who’s done that before? Any idea how I can most closely match Apple’s “platinum” colour?
Let's peek at the arcane ways of MS-DOS memory management. ( raduzaharia.medium.com )
What are your defining memories of computing in the old days?
I remember my dad bringing home a BBC Micro when we were kids. I knew just enough to get Chuckie Egg running....
[META] What are the demographics of this community?
Am I the only Zoomer? I see a lot of “I remember”-type responses, so I have to wonder.
Let's talk about the curious and ingenious DriveSpace, an MS-DOS program promising to double the available disk space. ( raduzaharia.medium.com )
CMDHD support into BMC64 ( www.lemon64.com )
CMDHD drive support was added in v4.1. You can switch a drive model to CMDHD and mount .DHD images.
ISP Series Episode 3: The Need For Speed! [19:52] ( www.youtube.com )
Historic Personal Computers in Japan [1982-1998] (Stephen Maurice Graham) ( i.imgur.com )
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/6768387...
Let's get TCP working with MS-DOS ( raduzaharia.medium.com )
Ever wanted to have Internet access in MS-DOS? Let’s see how to get it done!