Two Stop Bits | amoroso's submissions

Remembering Grace Hopper (historical pioneer) (acm.org | ia)
4 points by amoroso 370 days ago | discuss
The Basement (visual zine of vintage electronics & mechanical computing devices) (photo vintage) (lostbits.net)
2 points by amoroso 381 days ago | discuss
Http:, ftp:, and ... dict:? (internet protocol) (shkspr.mobi | ia)
8 points by amoroso 418 days ago | 1 comment
The Historic Hypertext Project (hypertext) (iisys.de | ia)
4 points by amoroso 424 days ago | discuss
MIT CADR LM-3 Lisp Machine emulator (lisp lispmachine mit) (tumbleweed.nu | ia)
5 points by amoroso 450 days ago | discuss
A throwback experiment with Linux and Unix (linux unix) (allthingsopen.org | ia)
7 points by amoroso 453 days ago | discuss
Compiling TETRIS from 1992 on OpenVMS x86 in 2024! (vms tetris c) (raymii.org | ia)
2 points by amoroso 456 days ago | discuss
50 years ago, CP/M started the microcomputer revolution (cpm digitalresearch os) (theregister.com | ia)
7 points by amoroso 472 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 495 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 512 days ago | 5 comments
The Misfit Who Built the IBM PC (ibm ibmpc pc) (every.to)
7 points by amoroso 530 days ago | discuss
The Windows 98 Manual (win98 windows manual documentation) (jamesg.blog)
4 points by amoroso 546 days ago | discuss
Looking Through Windows (windows microsoft) (nevillehobson.fyi)
3 points by amoroso 554 days ago | discuss
A History of C Compilers - Part 1: Performance, Portability and Freedom (c compiler language) (substack.com | ia)
4 points by amoroso 561 days ago | discuss
My undying love for the painfully uncool Amiga (amiga commodore) (theguardian.com | ia)
6 points by amoroso 570 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 571 days ago | 3 comments
Fifty Years of the Personal Computer Operating System (cpm os) (computerhistory.org | ia)
5 points by amoroso 577 days ago | discuss
First CD-ROM drive: Philips CM-100 (cdrom) (homeip.net | ia)
11 points by amoroso 579 days ago | discuss
MailSend - The Story of a Humble Command-Line Email Utility (jimlawless.net)
3 points by amoroso 632 days ago | discuss
1984: Big Changes at Atari (atari atarist) (goto10retro.com | ia)
6 points by amoroso 633 days ago | 1 comment
VenturCom's VENIX: first Unix for PC/XT (unix ibmpc) (substack.com | ia)
6 points by amoroso 636 days ago | 2 comments
8 Bit Software Fun: retrocomputing blog post series (blogging tutorials) (rubenerd.com)
3 points by amoroso 637 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 638 days ago | discuss
A Quadrillion Mainframes on Your Lap (mainframes ibm) (ieee.org | ia)
4 points by amoroso 642 days ago | discuss
1969 Honeywell Kitchen Computer case study of early computer failures—or is it? (jstor.org | ia)
5 points by amoroso 644 days ago | discuss
Short history of all Windows UI frameworks and libraries (windows) (irrlicht3d.org | ia)
7 points by amoroso 645 days ago | 4 comments
The Inside Story of PC Magazine, PC World, and Macworld’s Origins (magazines) (technologizer.com | ia)
8 points by amoroso 665 days ago | 1 comment
How Sinclair's QL computer outshined Apple's Macintosh against all odds (sinclair) (theregister.com | ia)
9 points by amoroso 671 days ago | 1 comment
Niklaus Wirth and email notifications (google.com | ia)
5 points by amoroso 683 days ago | discuss
2023 Medley Interlisp Annual Report (lisp interlisp xerox) (interlisp.org | ia)
5 points by amoroso 697 days ago | 1 comment
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