Two Stop Bits | Stories tagged "historical"

A technical history of Acorn Computers (historical acorn repository archive) (mcmordie.co.uk)
4 points by bmonkey325 191 days ago | discuss
Novas are forever - Data general historical archive (historical datageneral mv nova eclipse eagle) (novasareforever.org)
5 points by bmonkey325 192 days ago | discuss
GeoCities in 1995: Building a Home Page on the Internet (historical geocities www retro) (cybercultural.com)
1 point by bmonkey325 194 days ago | discuss
From IBM CGA Colours to Mnemonic Systems (color historical ibmpc graphics) (susam.net)
1 point by bmonkey325 198 days ago | discuss
Windows NT [History, Components, Subsystems, Design, FS, Net, API] [pdf] (1999) (historical windows microsoft nt os) (ucsc.edu)
1 point by bmonkey325 203 days ago | discuss
Two bits per transistor: high-density ROM in Intel's 8087 floating point chip (historical intel 8087 fpu reversing) (righto.com)
1 point by bmonkey325 205 days ago | discuss
From ACS to Altair: The Rise of the Hobby Computer (2025) (cpu historical altair hobbyist electronics development homebrew) (technicshistory.com)
1 point by bmonkey325 207 days ago | discuss
Did the Windows 95 setup team forget that MS-DOS can do graphics? (historical windows win95 installation) (microsoft.com)
5 points by bmonkey325 213 days ago | discuss
The Sims Design Documents (1997) (historical game design sims) (donhopkins.com)
3 points by bmonkey325 214 days ago | discuss
The History of S.u.S.E. (historical suse linux retrospective) (abortretry.fail)
4 points by bmonkey325 215 days ago | discuss
Bill Gates and Patrick Collison: In Conversation at Computer History Museum (2025) (gates historical patrick collision memoir) (youtube.com)
1 point by bmonkey325 218 days ago | discuss
How Paul Allen and Bill Gates landed on the idea for Microsoft (2025) (historical microsoft allen gates genesis origin) (fortune.com)
1 point by bmonkey325 224 days ago | discuss
RSX11M.com : site dedicated to DEC RSX 11 (historical dec rsx11 pdp os cutler pdp11) (rsx11m.com)
3 points by bmonkey325 225 days ago | discuss
Saving One Screen At A Time (2025) (historical screensaver burn monitor crt software) (tedium.co)
2 points by splorp 226 days ago | discuss
What happened to Packard Bell? (2025) (historical packardbell computer marketing branding pc) (homeip.net)
7 points by splorp 226 days ago | 1 comment
Daves Old Computers - Atari Transputer Workstation (historical atari inmos transputer atw800 helios) (classiccmp.org)
2 points by bmonkey325 227 days ago | discuss
Max 10 Beautifully Designed 1980's Sony Computers That Never Quite Delivered (1980s historical sony design review msx microsoft) (substack.com | ia)
1 point by bmonkey325 228 days ago | 2 comments
The origin and unexpected evolution of the word "mainframe" (2025) (historical mainframe ibm 701 architecture etymology) (righto.com | ia)
3 points by bmonkey325 228 days ago | discuss
How the Atari ST almost had Real Unix (historical atari atarist mmu unix) (improbable.org | ia)
12 points by bmonkey325 228 days ago | 1 comment
The historical significance of DEC and the PDP-7, -8, -11 & VAX (2021) (historical mini dec revie) (liam-on-linux.livejournal.com | ia)
2 points by bmonkey325 228 days ago | discuss
THE VGHF LIBRARY OPENS IN EARLY ACCESS (2025) (historical vghf library introduction narrrative game) (gamehistory.org | ia)
5 points by bmonkey325 228 days ago | discuss
WELCOME TO VIDEO GAME HISTORY FOUNDATION LIBRARY (2025) (historical game vghf library digital digitization) (gamehistory.org | ia)
1 point by bmonkey325 228 days ago | discuss
A brief history of the Finder (2025) (historical apple mac finder gui retrospective) (eclecticlight.co)
1 point by bmonkey325 228 days ago | discuss
What Have We Learned from the PDP-11? (2017) (education historical pdp11 dec presentation deepdive) (cheney.net | ia)
8 points by bmonkey325 230 days ago | 5 comments
The Mosaic Communications Universe (1994) (historical mosaic netscape netsite) (mcom.com | ia)
1 point by bmonkey325 232 days ago | discuss
Watson Jr. memo about CDC 6600 (historical ibm cdc watson memo control data) (computerhistory.org | ia)
2 points by bmonkey325 232 days ago | 1 comment
DEC Digital terminals & timeline (historical dec digital timeline vt terminal) (vt100.net)
4 points by nickt 233 days ago | discuss
Fault Tolerance in Tandem Computer Systems (1986)[pdf] (historical tandem computer fault tolerance) (azurewebsites.net | ia)
1 point by bmonkey325 235 days ago | discuss
Urban legend: I think there is a world market for maybe five computers (historical ibm quote) (geekhistory.com | ia)
1 point by bmonkey325 235 days ago | discuss
Amiga Documents 3.3.3 - Amiga.ownership history (historical amiga legal ownership documents) (google.com | ia)
5 points by bmonkey325 237 days ago | 4 comments
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