Two Stop Bits | amoroso's submissions

Remembering Grace Hopper (pioneer history) (acm.org | ia)
4 points by amoroso 8 days ago | discuss
The Basement (visual zine of vintage electronics & mechanical computing devices) (photography vintage) (lostbits.net)
2 points by amoroso 19 days ago | discuss
Http:, ftp:, and ... dict:? (internet protocol) (shkspr.mobi | ia)
8 points by amoroso 56 days ago | 1 comment
The Historic Hypertext Project (hypertext) (iisys.de | ia)
4 points by amoroso 62 days ago | discuss
MIT CADR LM-3 Lisp Machine emulator (lisp lispmachine mit) (tumbleweed.nu | ia)
5 points by amoroso 88 days ago | discuss
A throwback experiment with Linux and Unix (linux unix) (allthingsopen.org | ia)
7 points by amoroso 91 days ago | discuss
Compiling TETRIS from 1992 on OpenVMS x86 in 2024! (vms tetris c) (raymii.org | ia)
1 point by amoroso 94 days ago | discuss
50 years ago, CP/M started the microcomputer revolution (cpm digitalresearch os) (theregister.com | ia)
7 points by amoroso 110 days ago | discuss
Admiral Grace Hopper’s landmark lecture is found, but the NSA won’t release it (tape) (muckrock.com | ia)
6 points by amoroso 133 days ago | 6 comments
The GEM of Digital Research: The Story of the Graphics Environment Manager (gem digitalresearch) (abortretry.fail | ia)
7 points by amoroso 151 days ago | 5 comments
The Misfit Who Built the IBM PC (ibm ibmpc pc) (every.to)
7 points by amoroso 168 days ago | discuss
The Windows 98 Manual (windows windows98 manual documentation) (jamesg.blog)
4 points by amoroso 185 days ago | discuss
Looking Through Windows (windows microsoft) (nevillehobson.fyi)
3 points by amoroso 192 days ago | discuss
A History of C Compilers - Part 1: Performance, Portability and Freedom (c compiler language) (substack.com | ia)
4 points by amoroso 199 days ago | discuss
My undying love for the painfully uncool Amiga (amiga commodore) (theguardian.com | ia)
6 points by amoroso 208 days ago | 2 comments
Palm OS and the devices that ran it: An Ars retrospective (palm palmos palmpilot) (arstechnica.com | ia)
8 points by amoroso 209 days ago | 3 comments
Fifty Years of the Personal Computer Operating System (cpm os) (computerhistory.org | ia)
5 points by amoroso 215 days ago | discuss
First CD-ROM drive: Philips CM-100 (cdrom) (homeip.net | ia)
11 points by amoroso 217 days ago | discuss
MailSend - The Story of a Humble Command-Line Email Utility (jimlawless.net)
3 points by amoroso 270 days ago | discuss
1984: Big Changes at Atari (atari atarist) (goto10retro.com | ia)
6 points by amoroso 271 days ago | 1 comment
VenturCom's VENIX: first Unix for PC/XT (unix ibmpc) (substack.com | ia)
6 points by amoroso 275 days ago | 2 comments
8 Bit Software Fun: retrocomputing blog post series (blogging tutorials) (rubenerd.com)
3 points by amoroso 275 days ago | 2 comments
CP/MAME: creating a CP/M environment for the DEC Rainbow with MAME (cpm dec mame) (renaissancedork.com)
10 points by amoroso 276 days ago | discuss
A Quadrillion Mainframes on Your Lap (mainframes ibm) (ieee.org | ia)
4 points by amoroso 280 days ago | discuss
1969 Honeywell Kitchen Computer case study of early computer failures—or is it? (jstor.org | ia)
5 points by amoroso 282 days ago | discuss
Short history of all Windows UI frameworks and libraries (windows) (irrlicht3d.org | ia)
7 points by amoroso 284 days ago | 4 comments
The Inside Story of PC Magazine, PC World, and Macworld’s Origins (magazines) (technologizer.com | ia)
8 points by amoroso 303 days ago | 1 comment
How Sinclair's QL computer outshined Apple's Macintosh against all odds (sinclair) (theregister.com | ia)
9 points by amoroso 309 days ago | 1 comment
Niklaus Wirth and email notifications (google.com | ia)
5 points by amoroso 321 days ago | discuss
2023 Medley Interlisp Annual Report (lisp) (interlisp.org | ia)
5 points by amoroso 336 days ago | 1 comment
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