Does anyone here still use old computers?
Examples: Commodore, Amiga, Atari, Apple, IBM....
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Examples: Commodore, Amiga, Atari, Apple, IBM....
Let’s have a look at the very first commercial computer with a graphical user interface, called Xerox Star, which was the successor of the Xerox Alto! What did its marvelous GUI look like? Was it ground-breaking and easy to use as we’d expect? Or, perhaps, was it too ahead of its time? Well then, let’s find out!...
Kevin Noki - a german maker - recreates a mac plus with use of 3d printing. Calls it a brewintosh. Very impressive work.
RETROKOMPOTT’s interview of the week (in German), this time with Eckhard Kruse, programmer and creator of Ballerburg II, which has some fame in Germany. #ballerburg #atari #retrokompott...
Can you imagine a time before the Graphical User Interface, when you could only operate a computer with abstract-looking text instead of using simple menus, and it was unheard of to use the oh-so-common mouse? A time when computers were harder to learn, and even harder to master? Well then, join us in our splendid trip where...
The source code for the desktop & shell replacement got published by Gereon Steffens: github.com/gereons/gemini/ - the source represents a previously unpublished snapshot from mid 1991....
cross-posted from: lemmy.capebreton.social/post/557460...
Heya! I thought I’d mention that I’ve been doing a bunch of development on the optical Timex Datalink watches! I have been carefully sniffing data from the original Timex software with a logic analyzer, and have fully reverse engineered every Datalink protocol, the serial Notebook Adapter, and even the CRT syncing graphics!...
Is this machine too new for this sub? Recently acquired the holy grail of Slot A: Athlon 1GHz. Very proud of this machine. I have wanted one for years.
This is my replica Apple-1 with mostly period-correct components. Love this thing