Yaroslav Khnygin · @surabax
115 followers · 1214 posts · Server mastodon.ie
Xenix 286 from the 1980s is Y2K-compliant, unlike other operating systems for this hardware.
#Xenix #Unix #OperatingSystem #OperatingSystems #ComputerHistory #ComputingHistory #Retrocomputing #Intel #x86 #Microsoft #SCO
#xenix #unix #operatingsystem #operatingsystems #computerhistory #computinghistory #intel #x86 #microsoft #sco #retrocomputing
Twiteryeanot 🏴 · @Twiteryeanot
104 followers · 1225 posts · Server mastodon.scot
WOW! Still over 6 days to auction end and there's been 7 bids already. Bid price has already hit £50
Microsoft Winfows Server 3.5 documentation and media Inc Workstation.
A piece of computing history.
#ebay #ebayuk
#vintagecomputing #vintagemicrosoft
#collectables
#Microsoft
#WindowsServer
#vintageoses
#operatingsystem
#computinghistory
#computinghistory #operatingsystem #vintageoses #windowsserver #microsoft #collectables #vintagemicrosoft #vintagecomputing #ebayuk #ebay
Fedi.Tips · @feditips
217175 followers · 5362 posts · Server mstdn.social
In case you missed it, there are now several #RetroComputing Mastodon apps available:
:apple_inc: Apple II
https://www.colino.net/wordpress/en/binary-release-of-mastodon-for-the-apple-c/
:apple_inc: Apple Macintosh OS (pre-OSX)
https://github.com/smallsco/macstodon
:amiga: Commodore Amiga
https://github.com/BlitterStudio/amidon
⌨️ IBM MVS
https://github.com/mainframed/BREXXTODON
:win3_msdos: MS-DOS
https://github.com/SuperIlu/DOStodon
:windows: Windows 95
https://github.com/meyskens/mastodon-for-workgroups
#FediTips #Mastodon #ComputingHistory #MSDOS #AppleII #Mac #MacOS #Amiga #Commodore #CommodoreAmiga #Windows95 #Win95 #MVS
#mvs #win95 #windows95 #commodoreamiga #commodore #amiga #macOS #mac #appleii #msdos #computinghistory #Mastodon #FediTips #RetroComputing
Mikael Branting 🇸🇪 · @mikeb
97 followers · 195 posts · Server social.spejset.orgA calculator, advanced version. Mechanical , but electrified. They are slightly smaller nowadays.
#computinghistory #computers #observatory #science #astrodon #history
#computinghistory #computers #observatory #science #astrodon #history
Tanya · @solderandchaos
1276 followers · 246 posts · Server mastodon.me.uk
How about some more Norwegian good stuff? NUSSE, Norway’s first electronic universal computer from 1951. It totally wasn’t a copy of Apexc, uh uh, nope. Check out the valves!
#computingHistory
coldclimate · @coldclimate
328 followers · 2896 posts · Server hachyderm.ioIf any of that catches your eye, or you know anything more about it, let me know.
If it's important #computinghistory I'll donate it to a good home. If it's worth sensible money I'll happily sell.
Chris Dickinson · @isntitvacant
533 followers · 478 posts · Server hachyderm.ioDoes anyone have favorite stories of scaling popular web services ca. the late 90's / early 00's they could link to? (e.g., bradfitz's livejournal scaling story [1]!)
RTs for reach appreciated!
#sre #scaling #computinghistory
Matthias MProve · @mprove
269 followers · 270 posts · Server hci.social
The Hypertext Editing System HES at Brown University 1969
left: https://mprove.de/chrono?q=-0.76812,-1.00132&z=8.1&m=IFbdr1068453,IFbdr847191&d=1&s=1&iiif-content=https://repository.library.brown.edu/iiif/presentation/bdr:1068453/manifest.json&c=h
right: https://mprove.de/chrono?q=-0.76259,0.98106&z=8.1&m=IFbdr847191,IFbdr1068453&d=1&s=1&iiif-content=https://repository.library.brown.edu/iiif/presentation/bdr:847191/manifest.json&c=h
The command box seems to be influenced by Sketchpad on TX-2
James@ncot.uk · @james
166 followers · 728 posts · Server social.ncot.uk
🧑💻How trying to make pocket calculators do complex maths accidentally invented modern computing💾
What happens when you set out to build a pocket calculator?
Follow along as we go through the thoroughly bizarre story of how trying to do complex maths and fit it in our pockets lead directly to the machine you'r
Read More 👉https://ncot.uk/how-trying-to-make-pocket-calculators-do-complex-maths-accidentally-invented-modern-computing/
#Calculators #ComputingHistory #Electronics
#calculators #computinghistory #electronics
Generic white guy SysAdmin · @westbynoreaster
26 followers · 50 posts · Server mast.hpc.socialGiven modern #libertarianism itself is a very heavily white middle/upper-class ideology, I expect most folks in computing who do not come from that cohort do NOT share mindset. But this is where my #ComputingHistory knowledge runs thin... 🤔 😖
#libertarianism #computinghistory
Sinclair-Terminal · @SinclairSpeccy
544 followers · 13250 posts · Server bitbang.social
Celebrating a computing pioneer! Happy Birthday to the Harvard Mark I which is 78 years old!
Also called #IBM ASCC, it was a colossal 51-ft long, 9,445-pound machine. Despite trigonometry taking over one minute, it broke new ground by using punched paper tape for data storage.
Retired in '59, it remains a cornerstone in computing history as it played a crucial role in the war effort during the latter part of World War II.
#HarvardMarkI #ComputingHistory ASCC #ComputerHistory #EarlyComputers
#earlycomputers #computerhistory #computinghistory #harvardmarki #ibm
Tryptamine · @tryptamine
2 followers · 4 posts · Server social.linux.pizza
AMD Athlon K7 1GHz. It'll blow your mind!
#amd #AMDAthlon #cpu #computinghistory #retrocomputing
Vivienne Dunstan · @vivdunstan
913 followers · 1340 posts · Server mastodon.scot
“The infernal organ”: #CharlesBabbage and street nuisances https://perneward.wordpress.com/2023/07/25/the-infernal-organ-charles-babbage-and-street-nuisances/ #Noise #Music #Soundscape #Sounds #UrbanLife #Towns #19thCentury #NineteenthCentury #History #ComputingHistory #ComputerScience #StreetNuisances #StreetMusicians #Musicians #Organs #accordion #squeezebox #Bagpipes #Religion #Psalms #London #HurdyGurdy #BrassBands
#brassbands #hurdygurdy #london #Psalms #religion #bagpipes #squeezebox #accordion #organs #musicians #streetmusicians #streetnuisances #computerscience #computinghistory #history #nineteenthcentury #19thcentury #towns #Urbanlife #sounds #soundscape #music #noise #CharlesBabbage
amen zwa, esq. · @AmenZwa
110 followers · 1186 posts · Server mathstodon.xyzIn medicine, law, engineering, and science, there are #historians who are practitioners of the art with an additional academic background in historical research. #ComputerScience has now reach a level of maturity that warrants establishing an independent academic discipline of #ComputingHistory, mind you, wholly separate from #HistoricalComputing.
#historicalcomputing #computinghistory #computerscience #historians
Yaroslav Khnygin · @surabax
82 followers · 799 posts · Server mastodon.ie
The ultimate yak shave: to implement its last generation of #LispMachines, Symbolics developed a complete #EDA toolset in #CommonLisp called NS that enabled them to design and verify their ASICs, gate arrays, and boards from architecture to photomasks for manufacturing.
Thanks to @jpreisendoerfer for scanning the article "The #Symbolics #Ivory Design and #Verification Strategy" that was unavailable on the net until now.
#Lisp #CAD #VLSI #History #ComputingHistory #Semiconductors #Technology
#lispmachines #eda #commonlisp #symbolics #ivory #verification #lisp #cad #vlsi #history #computinghistory #semiconductors #technology
Yaroslav Khnygin · @surabax
79 followers · 788 posts · Server mastodon.ie
Soon after arriving at Apple circa 1984, Alan Kay tried to get his employer to buy Locus, a variant of #Unix #OperatingSystem that implemented live process migration: https://www.quora.com/Should-web-browsers-have-stuck-to-being-document-viewers
#OperatingSystems #OS #AlanKay #Apple #ComputingHistory #History #Technology #Web #Browser #WebDevelopment #WebDev #Hypermedia #Networking #DistributedComputing
#unix #operatingsystem #operatingsystems #os #alankay #apple #computinghistory #history #technology #web #browser #webdevelopment #webdev #hypermedia #networking #distributedcomputing
Chris Dickinson · @isntitvacant
503 followers · 407 posts · Server hachyderm.ioI'm floored by how generally well-received "Understanding WASM, Part 2" has been! Thanks for all the kind words, it means a lot ❤️
(ICYMI: just before the long weekend, I released an essay to answer the question "If we have the Java Virtual Machine, why do we need #WASM?")
#wasm #blogging #webassembly #virtualmachines #computinghistory
Twiteryeanot · @Twiteryeanot
36 followers · 271 posts · Server mastodon.scot
Some old OS Media still in the Boxes for all you #computing maniacs out there.
#computinghistory #it #suselinux #dos #windows #computing
Kadin · @kadin
249 followers · 1737 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org@cwebber True, and a lot of *that* stuff was itself developed pretty thoroughly by the old-school, big-iron systems programmers of the 50s-70s, just often limited in implementation by the hardware and/or business interests of the time.
E.g. networked databases (1964), virtual memory (1962), single-level architecture (1971), capability-based security (1969), email (1965), nested virtualization (1967), JIT compilation (1960)—and that's just what I'm aware of from #IBM.
Gerardo Lisboa · @gvlx
190 followers · 2347 posts · Server masto.pt@pls @celso @FestaSoftwareLivre está aí e procura oradores.
Que histórias há partilhar sobre a computações e telecomunicações em Portugal?
#portugal #event #computinghistory