Two Stop Bits | Stories tagged "microsoft"

Technical analyses of Free-X’s “Bert & Ernie” XBOX Dashboard font exploit (2003) (microsoft xbox font exploit homebrew history) (sega-dc.de)
4 points by Lammy 6 days ago | 1 comment
Burger King sells Windows 7 Whoppers as Microsoft begins Guru training (2009) (burgerking microsoft windows7 launch promotion historical weird) (appleinsider.com)
1 point by bmonkey325 16 days ago | discuss
Could DOS Have Been a Scaled-Down Version of Xenix? (2025) (dos cpm xenix ibmpc 8086 microsoft unix) (substack.com)
1 point by bmonkey325 26 days ago | discuss
National Museum of American History : Microsoft Windows NT OS/2 Design Workbook (smithsonian microsoft windowsnt design book photo collection) (si.edu)
1 point by bmonkey325 30 days ago | 1 comment
Windows NT [History, Components, Subsystems, Design, FS, Net, API] [pdf] (1999) (windows microsoft nt historical os) (ucsc.edu)
1 point by bmonkey325 30 days ago | discuss
How Paul Allen and Bill Gates landed on the idea for Microsoft (2025) (microsoft allen gates genesis origin historical) (fortune.com)
1 point by bmonkey325 51 days ago | discuss
The time Bill Gates claimed he worked for $2/hour (altair basic microsoft) (homeip.net)
5 points by dfarquhar 52 days ago | 2 comments
A Rich Neighbor Named Xerox (apple mac xerox parc microsoft windows genesis) (folklore.org)
3 points by bmonkey325 53 days ago | 1 comment
Max 10 Beautifully Designed 1980's Sony Computers That Never Quite Delivered (sony 80s design review historical msx microsoft) (substack.com | ia)
1 point by bmonkey325 55 days ago | 2 comments
The Microsoft KnowledgeBase Archive (microsoft kb help archive) (huntertur.net)
5 points by Lammy 69 days ago | 2 comments
Windows 95 and a Bizarre Case of Font Drag and Drop (microsoft win95 font bug shell feature documentation) (marnetto.net)
2 points by bmonkey325 75 days ago | discuss
Microsoft Bob turns 30 today. It was terrible and I'm sorry I mentioned it. (billgates bob microsoft windows x86) (homeip.net | ia)
7 points by dfarquhar 80 days ago | 3 comments
How the OS/2 flop went on to shape modern software (os2 ibm microsoft speculative historical review) (theregister.com)
1 point by bmonkey325 82 days ago | discuss
Windows 2: Final Fantasy of operating systems (windows microsoft gui) (ninakalinina.com | ia)
9 points by amoroso 87 days ago | 12 comments
Happy New Year! (jingle bean with Windows XP critical error sound) (microsoft jinglebells windowxp critical error sound music) (youtube.com)
2 points by bmonkey325 87 days ago | discuss
Windows 95 and Early 80386 CPUs (microsoft windows win95 intel 386 bug disassembly) (pcjs.org)
4 points by Lammy 90 days ago | 1 comment
Hardware Security Exploit Research - XBOX 360 (xbox xbox360 microsoft security exploit research) (github.com | ia)
1 point by bmonkey325 99 days ago | discuss
Visual Basic 6 rebuilt in C# – complete with form designer and IDE in browser (microsoft visual basic vb6 csharp ide) (ycombinator.com | ia)
1 point by bmonkey325 137 days ago | discuss
How Ed Roberts created the personal computer industry—and then walked away (edroberts altair8800 pc billgates stevewozniak microsoft basic) (every.to | ia)
6 points by bmonkey325 149 days ago | 5 comments
Microsoft LISP (lisp mulisp microsoft msdos) (edm2.com | ia)
4 points by bmonkey325 175 days ago | discuss
Microsoft backs down over rivals' Vista access (2006) (microsoft vista security api) (archive.org | ia)
1 point by bmonkey325 242 days ago | 1 comment
Original XBOX scene history (microsoft xbox hacking scene history) (consolemods.org | ia)
7 points by Lammy 261 days ago | 2 comments
How I put 256MB of RAM in the original Xbox (Video) (xbox mod upgrading microsoft narrative historical) (youtu.be)
6 points by bmonkey325 265 days ago | discuss
PDP-11/70 Panel Research - Introduction (microsoft pdp11 misspiggy living computer museum) (retrocmp.com | ia)
3 points by bmonkey325 270 days ago | 2 comments
The History of DR DOS (drdos historical msdos digitalresearch microsoft) (abortretry.fail | ia)
7 points by bmonkey325 285 days ago | discuss
SuperOrca MSI Editor (win32 microsoft installer editor) (pantaray.com)
5 points by Lammy 289 days ago | discuss
Wanted: List of Bloggers/Journalists/Analysts Whom Microsoft Bribed at PDC 2008 (microsoft pdc journalism bias) (techrights.org)
4 points by Lammy 291 days ago | discuss
How 16-bit Windows cached INI files for performance (windows performance historical caching raymondchen microsoft) (microsoft.com)
5 points by bmonkey325 296 days ago | discuss
The Windows NT 4 Controversy: A Software Switch Hitter (1996) (microsoft windows winnt registry antitrust) (archive.org)
5 points by Lammy 301 days ago | 1 comment
Training Course Notes for Word 97 and Windows 95, 98, and NT4 (microsoft windows instruction win95 win98 winnt msword) (tech2u.com.au | ia)
3 points by Lammy 307 days ago | 1 comment
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