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Did buying the Amiga cause Escom's bamkruptcy?
(
bankrupt
amiga
1990s
acquisition
)
(
homeip.net
|
ia
)
9 points
by
n3ffo
427 days ago
|
3 comments
Intel's Pentium Pro: Was it their best or their worst CPU of the 90s?
(
intel
32bit
wintel
winnt
supercomputers
)
(
homeip.net
|
ia
)
9 points
by
dfarquhar
446 days ago
|
7 comments
The biggest CRT display ever made: Sony's PVM-4300
(
crt
sony
trinitron
)
(
homeip.net
|
ia
)
10 points
by
dfarquhar
453 days ago
|
5 comments
Apple II launched on this day, June 10, 1977
(
appleii
apple
6502
1970s
)
(
homeip.net
)
8 points
by
dfarquhar
462 days ago
|
6 comments
UMC made the fastest, most efficient, and best 486. Why was it illegal?
(
486
umc
intel
1990s
)
(
homeip.net
)
16 points
by
dfarquhar
467 days ago
|
discuss
Why a SID chip can go bad just sitting on a shelf
(
c64
c128
commodore
sid
)
(
homeip.net
)
11 points
by
dfarquhar
472 days ago
|
discuss
How bad timing doomed the Vectrex and 124-year-old Milton Bradley
(
game
console
vectrex
cartridge
vector
crt
)
(
homeip.net
|
ia
)
7 points
by
dfarquhar
483 days ago
|
discuss
How many IBM PCs sold in the 1980s and why the disparity
(
1980s
ibmpc
msdos
pc
5150
5160
)
(
homeip.net
|
ia
)
12 points
by
dfarquhar
490 days ago
|
4 comments
Fast Hack'em: Popular C64 disk copier/nibbler and what its creators did next
(
c64
c128
copy
copyright
diskcopy
nibbler
protection
)
(
homeip.net
|
ia
)
6 points
by
dfarquhar
494 days ago
|
discuss
A recollection of how Nintendo invaded my small town middle school in 1987
(
console
nintendo
)
(
homeip.net
|
ia
)
7 points
by
dfarquhar
497 days ago
|
1 comment
Why so many people skipped right over MS-DOS 4 in 1988
(
clone
1980s
msdos
microsoft
ibm
ibmpc
)
(
homeip.net
)
8 points
by
dfarquhar
504 days ago
|
1 comment
Excelerator Plus/OC-118/FSD-2: The best third party Commodore disk drive?
(
floppy
c64
commodore
device
)
(
homeip.net
)
4 points
by
dfarquhar
508 days ago
|
discuss
Atari Portfolio: Pioneering palmtop PC from 1989 that made DOS handheld
(
msdos
8088
atari
portable
)
(
homeip.net
|
ia
)
10 points
by
dfarquhar
511 days ago
|
4 comments
First CD-ROM drive: Philips CM-100
(
cdrom
)
(
homeip.net
|
ia
)
11 points
by
amoroso
516 days ago
|
discuss
How to use Commodore disk drives
(
commodore
c64
pet
vic20
)
(
homeip.net
)
7 points
by
dfarquhar
517 days ago
|
3 comments
HP 95LX, 100LX, and 200LX palmtops: Palm-sized Turbo XT clones
(
80186
msdos
v20
lotus
hp
)
(
homeip.net
|
ia
)
7 points
by
dfarquhar
522 days ago
|
2 comments
Interact home computer: A rare 8080-based machine from 1978
(
1970s
8080
intel
basic
8bit
tape
tv
keyboard
)
(
homeip.net
|
ia
)
4 points
by
dfarquhar
528 days ago
|
1 comment
486SX vs 486DX: A closer look and rumors examined
(
486
msdos
windows
intel
1990s
pc
)
(
homeip.net
|
ia
)
11 points
by
dfarquhar
530 days ago
|
1 comment
Eagle Computer: How a Ferrari crash undid a PC maker's IPO
(
clone
8086
8088
1980s
msdos
portable
)
(
homeip.net
|
ia
)
5 points
by
dfarquhar
539 days ago
|
discuss
PC mouse connector types overview and illustrations
(
homeip.net
|
ia
)
3 points
by
dfarquhar
543 days ago
|
discuss
80s computer brands overview: I hope I didn't leave your favorite out
(
1980s
16bit
8bit
6502
6800
6809
z80
8088
)
(
homeip.net
|
ia
)
9 points
by
dfarquhar
551 days ago
|
4 comments
EMachines: The story of the infamous "never obsolete" PCs
(
clone
x86
win98
)
(
homeip.net
|
ia
)
9 points
by
dfarquhar
553 days ago
|
1 comment
APF Imagination Machine: 6800-based home computer from 1979
(
game
6800
)
(
homeip.net
|
ia
)
4 points
by
dfarquhar
558 days ago
|
discuss
Microsoft QuickBasic remembered
(
homeip.net
|
ia
)
8 points
by
dfarquhar
565 days ago
|
5 comments
How to modify an IBM 5170 PC/AT to not need a CMOS battery
(
286
ibm
msdos
hardware
basic
)
(
homeip.net
|
ia
)
6 points
by
dfarquhar
566 days ago
|
discuss
Why we like retro
(
historical
game
nostalgia
8bit
console
)
(
homeip.net
|
ia
)
7 points
by
nickt
572 days ago
|
5 comments
SvarDOS: FreeDOS optimized for 8088 systems
(
msdos
5150
5160
8086
8088
freedos
xt
)
(
homeip.net
|
ia
)
8 points
by
dfarquhar
573 days ago
|
3 comments
Scratchy: The story of the indestructible Micron Trek 2 laptop
(
1990s
laptop
windows
)
(
homeip.net
|
ia
)
5 points
by
dfarquhar
580 days ago
|
2 comments
Atari 800 (or 400) vs Commodore 64
(
1980s
6502
atari
commodore
8bit
homecomputer
)
(
homeip.net
|
ia
)
6 points
by
dfarquhar
597 days ago
|
7 comments
DEC Rainbow 100: MS-DOS and x86, not fully IBM compatible
(
8088
pc
cpu
dec
cpm
)
(
homeip.net
|
ia
)
6 points
by
dfarquhar
614 days ago
|
discuss
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