Whats the best Universally usable CRT Monitor for computers all trough the 80s and 90s?
With my little Computer Collection ever growing, I think its time to get myself an actual Monitor to use these Machines. So im wondering, what Monitor has most if not all Connection Types and modes of operation to be compatible with most/ if not all Computer from the 80s till the 90s?...
A brief history of keyboard encoding (kbd.news)
[Solved] Seeking a name, from the mists of the past
In the Silicon Valley / San Jose / Bay area, there was a BBS that had a hierarchical message board, Replies were ordered under posts or other replies. In the 80’s this was an unusual feature of a bulletin system. The BBS was named for a character from some story. It was a hard to pronounce word/name starting with the letter...
automatic pattern punching system (www.youtube.com)
video features old computer with tui interface at miyata textile co. the operator loads software from tape on MZ-80K2 CLEAR(or CLEAN?) COMPUTER....
Usborne 1980s Computer Books (usborne.com)
writing PalmOS software with FreePascal/Lazarus (wiki.freepascal.org)
freepascal/lazarus amiga development (blog.alb42.de)
gui program developed with lazarus/freepascal, compiled for amiga, works same way: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKGS6fcLLOE
Maximum resolution of Atari ST (www.atari-forum.com)
Because in low res some 416x274 is possible, in med res maybe can pull out 832x274 - still little less pixels than in mono.
My new Commodore PC-10 III...! ima need some opinions on this one (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
So I got this Commodore PC-10 III, which the sellers photos clearly showed a different one without that red button at the front and a small Floppy Drive. It also cost me around 200€...
Sketchpad: Constraint-based 2D CAD sketching prototype from 1963 (www.youtube.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/13859444...
The Spectrum Show EP 139 (www.youtube.com)
8BitDo’s latest retro keyboard is an ode to the Commodore 64 (www.theverge.com)
Got a new windows 98 gaming PC, and boi she's huge!! (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
I’ve gotten really interested in old Computers since I got my Commodore PET 2 months ago, so to play some good ol MS Train Simulator and Stronghold 2, I got this massive beauty. Here is a little size comparison between it and my main PC https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/3b050b45-42bf-4f1b-b3c0-799795c76389.jpeg
Infinite Mac: Turning To The Dark Side (blog.persistent.info)
The 6502 CPU Powered a Whole Generation! | The 8bit Guy (www.youtube.com)
The PC that finally defeated IBM | LowSpecGamer (www.youtube.com)
Let's talk about viruses and anti-viruses in MS-DOS! (blog.raduzaharia.com)
Vintage Oddware: The Monitor Miser (www.youtube.com)
ZX Touch Is A £220 Portable ZX Spectrum With A 7-Inch Screen (www.timeextension.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/9212466...
Macintosh Classic gets quadrupled memory with 4MB of onboard RAM — no daughterboard required (www.tomshardware.com)
Trying out Microsoft's pre-release OS/2 2.0 (www.theregister.com)
The Superior Lemmy Experience (files.catbox.moe)
Recently picket up this old Thinkpad T30 for 2 bucks at a local flea market. Its a bit scratched up and the battery is more or less dead but everything else is working fine. Its Pentium 4M, 1gb of ram and 40gb hdd might be a bit overkill for win2k but its really amazing. Running Firefox 13 and a webone proxy to deal with ssl...