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The Size of Adobe Reader Installers Through The Years
(
2025
)
(
adobe
acrobat
software
bloat
timeline
)
(
sigwait.org
)
2 points
by
splorp
11 hours ago
|
discuss
The day Return became Enter
(
2023
)
(
keyboard
historical
backstory
input
)
(
aresluna.org
)
3 points
by
splorp
11 hours ago
|
discuss
Everyone knows what an email address is, right?
(
email
validation
rfc
standards
quiz
)
(
e-mail.wtf
|
ia
)
1 point
by
splorp
7 days ago
|
discuss
How many BeBox can you have in one room?
(
2025
)
(
beos
bebox
event
exhibit
occc
)
(
haiku-os.org
|
ia
)
9 points
by
splorp
8 days ago
|
6 comments
Commodore Amiga turns 40, headlines UK exhibition
(
2025
)
(
historical
amiga
commodore
anniversary
exhibition
uk
)
(
theregister.com
|
ia
)
5 points
by
splorp
11 days ago
|
1 comment
Code-Card Corner
(
teletype
code
telecom
interchange
reference
)
(
rtty.com
|
ia
)
7 points
by
splorp
14 days ago
|
discuss
8×19 Text Mode Font Origins
(
2025
)
(
typography
font
intel
bios
vga
text
)
(
os2museum.com
|
ia
)
8 points
by
splorp
14 days ago
|
discuss
Free-Net History: The Rise and Fall of Community Dial-Up
(
2022
)
(
historical
freenet
dialup
internet
access
online
)
(
tedium.co
|
ia
)
3 points
by
splorp
16 days ago
|
discuss
Rollercoaster Tycoon (or, MicroProse’s Last Hurrah)
(
2025
)
(
historical
game
software
microprose
)
(
filfre.net
|
ia
)
9 points
by
splorp
25 days ago
|
discuss
A Conversation with James Gosling
(
2004
)
(
historical
interview
sun
java
)
(
acm.org
|
ia
)
2 points
by
splorp
36 days ago
|
discuss
The Network is the Computer
(
2007
)
(
sun
networking
ad
advertisement
slogan
)
(
youtube.com
|
ia
)
6 points
by
splorp
41 days ago
|
6 comments
Fonts Before Mac
(
1983
)
(
historical
font
typography
bitmap
susankare
mac
)
(
tinkerdifferent.com
|
ia
)
9 points
by
splorp
50 days ago
|
1 comment
Building My Own Paper Tape Punch
(
2025
)
(
papertape
peripheral
diy
hardware
storage
hangingchads
)
(
unimplementedtrap.com
|
ia
)
4 points
by
splorp
67 days ago
|
discuss
Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate: A Cultural History of the Punch Card
(
1992
)
(
historical
punchcard
dataprocessing
hollerith
)
(
mun.ca
|
ia
)
7 points
by
splorp
73 days ago
|
1 comment
Resurrecting a dead torrent tracker and finding 3 million peers
(
2025
)
(
bittorrent
torrent
protocol
network
peertopeer
filesharing
)
(
kianbradley.com
|
ia
)
1 point
by
splorp
73 days ago
|
discuss
Alan Turing's seminal papers head to auction
(
2025
)
(
turing
historical
auction
research
phd
)
(
livescience.com
|
ia
)
5 points
by
splorp
81 days ago
|
discuss
Oral History of Bas Ording
(
2017
)
(
ui
apple
aqua
interface
design
interview
)
(
computerhistory.org
|
ia
)
2 points
by
splorp
88 days ago
|
1 comment
ResourceForks.com — browse resource forks online
(
2023
)
(
mac
macos
resource
fork
data
extraction
resedit
)
(
resourceforks.com
|
ia
)
6 points
by
splorp
91 days ago
|
discuss
1-bit rainbow
(
retrocomputing
parts
hardware
vintage
apple
mac
)
(
1bitrainbow.com
|
ia
)
3 points
by
splorp
92 days ago
|
discuss
Soups on the Newton
(
newton
soup
objects
programming
data
storage
)
(
canicula.com
|
ia
)
7 points
by
splorp
94 days ago
|
discuss
Joshintosh Merges Vintage Mac and Powerful PC
(
2025
)
(
mac
pc
case
hardware
recycle
maker
unsettling
)
(
makezine.com
|
ia
)
5 points
by
splorp
95 days ago
|
discuss
Lo8: Resurrecting 8-track as a data storage medium
(
2013
)
(
hardware
tape
cartridge
data
storage
peripheral
)
(
cassettepunk.com
|
ia
)
6 points
by
splorp
99 days ago
|
4 comments
CRT-based dialogs: Theory and design
(
1990
)
(
crt
displays
dialogs
dialogues
interfaces
jonathanlevine
)
(
rit.edu
)
4 points
by
splorp
103 days ago
|
1 comment
GUIdebook: Graphical User Interface Gallery
(
2006
)
(
ui
timeline
interface
gallery
screenshots
historical
)
(
guidebookgallery.org
|
ia
)
4 points
by
splorp
105 days ago
|
discuss
Font memories of old Macs
(
2025
)
(
fonts
mac
macos
bitmap
geneva
imagewriter
wysiwyg
)
(
leancrew.com
|
ia
)
2 points
by
splorp
106 days ago
|
discuss
Apple II Scroll Block Demo
(
2025
)
(
appleii
demo
animation
lores
graphics
)
(
deater.net
|
ia
)
8 points
by
splorp
108 days ago
|
discuss
A brief history of fonts in Mac OS
(
2025
)
(
historical
typography
font
macos
bitmap
postscript
truetype
)
(
eclecticlight.co
|
ia
)
6 points
by
splorp
111 days ago
|
discuss
808 lines of BBC BASIC and a dream: Arm architecture turns 40
(
2025
)
(
bbc
cpu
historical
arm
architecture
)
(
theregister.com
|
ia
)
7 points
by
splorp
123 days ago
|
discuss
Still browsing like it's 1999: Fresh tools that keep vintage Macs online
(
2025
)
(
retrocomputing
mac
software
browser
)
(
theregister.com
|
ia
)
5 points
by
splorp
136 days ago
|
discuss
Museum digs up Digital Equipment Corporation's dusty digital equipment
(
2025
)
(
historical
dec
pdp
exhibition
uk
)
(
theregister.com
|
ia
)
4 points
by
splorp
150 days ago
|
discuss
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