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Commodore could have owned AOL. In 1985. Really. (aol commodore commodore64) (homeip.net)
6 points by dfarquhar 19 days ago | 1 comment
PBS aired a TV show about hacking in 1990 about an incident from 1987 (1987 1990s unix hacking hackers hacker) (homeip.net)
5 points by dfarquhar 48 days ago | discuss
80 micro: A look back at the widely read magazine for TRS-80 owners (trs80 tandy) (homeip.net | ia)
4 points by dfarquhar 61 days ago | discuss
Osborne Computer's bankruptcy and the Osborne Effect: Talking too soon (cpm z80 retrocomputing portable luggable) (homeip.net | ia)
5 points by dfarquhar 68 days ago | discuss
Working with Andy Warhol: Jeff Bruette’s recollections (amiga commodore art) (homeip.net | ia)
3 points by n3ffo 97 days ago | discuss
Andy Warhol's lost Amiga art from 1985 resurfaces (amiga commodore graphics gui art disk 68000) (homeip.net | ia)
8 points by dfarquhar 107 days ago | 6 comments
Amiga 1000: Ten years ahead of its time (amiga commodore) (homeip.net | ia)
4 points by n3ffo 120 days ago | discuss
Did buying the Amiga cause Escom's bamkruptcy? (amiga 1990s acquisition bankruptcy) (homeip.net | ia)
9 points by n3ffo 128 days ago | 3 comments
Intel's Pentium Pro: Was it their best or their worst CPU of the 90s? (intel 32bit wintel winnt supercomputers) (homeip.net | ia)
9 points by dfarquhar 147 days ago | 7 comments
The biggest CRT display ever made: Sony's PVM-4300 (crt sony trinitron) (homeip.net | ia)
10 points by dfarquhar 154 days ago | 5 comments
Apple II launched on this day, June 10, 1977 (apple apple2 appleii 6502 1970s) (homeip.net)
8 points by dfarquhar 163 days ago | 6 comments
UMC made the fastest, most efficient, and best 486. Why was it illegal? (486 umc intel 1990s) (homeip.net)
16 points by dfarquhar 168 days ago | discuss
Why a SID chip can go bad just sitting on a shelf (c64 c128 commodore sid) (homeip.net)
11 points by dfarquhar 173 days ago | discuss
How bad timing doomed the Vectrex and 124-year-old Milton Bradley (consoles vectrex videogames cartridge vector crt) (homeip.net | ia)
7 points by dfarquhar 184 days ago | discuss
How many IBM PCs sold in the 1980s and why the disparity (1980s ibmpc msdos pc 5150 5160) (homeip.net | ia)
11 points by dfarquhar 191 days ago | 4 comments
Fast Hack'em: Popular C64 disk copier/nibbler and what its creators did next (c64 c128 copy copyright diskcopy nibbler protection) (homeip.net | ia)
6 points by dfarquhar 195 days ago | discuss
A recollection of how Nintendo invaded my small town middle school in 1987 (nintendo consoles) (homeip.net | ia)
7 points by dfarquhar 198 days ago | 1 comment
Why so many people skipped right over MS-DOS 4 in 1988 (1980s msdos microsoft ibm ibmpc clones) (homeip.net)
8 points by dfarquhar 205 days ago | 1 comment
Excelerator Plus/OC-118/FSD-2: The best third party Commodore disk drive? (c64 commodore floppydisk floppy device) (homeip.net)
4 points by dfarquhar 209 days ago | discuss
Atari Portfolio: Pioneering palmtop PC from 1989 that made DOS handheld (8088 dos atari portable) (homeip.net | ia)
10 points by dfarquhar 212 days ago | 4 comments
First CD-ROM drive: Philips CM-100 (cdrom) (homeip.net | ia)
11 points by amoroso 217 days ago | discuss
How to use Commodore disk drives (commodore c64 pet vic20) (homeip.net)
7 points by dfarquhar 218 days ago | 3 comments
HP 95LX, 100LX, and 200LX palmtops: Palm-sized Turbo XT clones (80186 msdos v20 lotus hp) (homeip.net | ia)
7 points by dfarquhar 223 days ago | 2 comments
Interact home computer: A rare 8080-based machine from 1978 (8080 intel basic 8bit 70s tape tv keyboard) (homeip.net | ia)
4 points by dfarquhar 229 days ago | 1 comment
486SX vs 486DX: A closer look and rumors examined (486 msdos windows intel 1990s pc) (homeip.net | ia)
11 points by dfarquhar 231 days ago | 1 comment
Eagle Computer: How a Ferrari crash undid a PC maker's IPO (8086 8088 1980s clones msdos portable) (homeip.net | ia)
5 points by dfarquhar 240 days ago | discuss
PC mouse connector types overview and illustrations (homeip.net | ia)
3 points by dfarquhar 244 days ago | discuss
80s computer brands overview: I hope I didn't leave your favorite out (1980s 16bit 8bit 6502 6800 6809 z80 8088) (homeip.net | ia)
9 points by dfarquhar 252 days ago | 4 comments
EMachines: The story of the infamous "never obsolete" PCs (clones x86 win98) (homeip.net | ia)
9 points by dfarquhar 254 days ago | 1 comment
APF Imagination Machine: 6800-based home computer from 1979 (6800 videogames) (homeip.net | ia)
4 points by dfarquhar 259 days ago | discuss
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