I am a retro computer and bbs/early internet fan who does information security work as a day job. I am a bit of a retro-generalist though I do tend toward systems that I had or used growing up and starting my career. #tandy Color Computer, #commodore, #apple, but especially early PC.
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Remembering multi-tasking in MS-DOS: DESQView ( blog.raduzaharia.com )
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.
Interview with Laine Nooney and Adam Conover about early computers and the Apple II ( www.youtube.com )
This video blew me away. Not because of a deep dive into the Apple II from any technical standpoint, but instead because it instead takes a broader look from a cultural perspective of the history around the late 70’s and early 80’s computer industry, and puts it in terms of the software and people who used them. It’s a...
Check out Greaseweazle! ( lemmy.sdf.org )
Finally got around to play around with Greaseweazle, and wish I had done it a long time ago! Greaseweazle is a tool to read and write raw data from many different systems. Want to read a CoCo disk, or write a new Amiga disk? I haven’t tried it, but it supposedly can even deal with 8" disks (if you have the drive and interface)...
Keeping family history alive! ( i.imgur.com )
Hi, first time posting on lemmy, I hope yall will enjoy my late grandfather's happy lil Mac Plus! Maxed out at 4MB of RAM and modded with power through SCSI and a low rpm fan. That's a fully working ImageWriter on the left. :)
Two-Factor Authentication with a Commodore 64 ( hackaday.com )
Fantastic article about setting up 2FA using a Commodore 64. I'd love to see people port this to more platforms as well.
GOTEK setup for reverse sleeper
My latest project is an XT-class build in a modern looking case (Sergey's Xi 8088) complete with LED fans, window in the side panel, etc....
bbs tutorials?
As someone who is to young to have know bbs’s when they were popular. What are the best ways to start?
Transferring Data Between CoCo 3 and PC
Hello everyone,...
/c/trek is leaking :) ( lemmy.sdf.org )
I recently found this Star Trek Stardate calendar and address book software for Windows 3.1 - between this and the After Dark Trek screensaver I should be able to decorate my computer desktop like a true early 90's Trek fan! I can't find this anywhere on the Internet Archive etc, so I'm currently putting together a greaseweazle...