retrocomputing
- Is there a precedent for a really delay-tolerant command line interface? (A bit off-topic)
I've been playing with an idea that would involve running a machine over a delay-tolerant mesh network. The thing is, each packet is precious and needs to be pretty much self contained in that situation, while modern systems assume SSH-like continuous interaction with the user.
Has anyone heard of anything pre-existing that would work here? I figured if anyone would know about situations where each character is expensive, it would be you folks.
- The Spectrum Show EP142yt.artemislena.eu The Spectrum Show EP142
Welcome to episode 142. I get my hands on an Opus Discovery 1. I play the Tengen Trilogy - Cyberball, Klax and Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters. I look at Area 51 a new game and also Eddie Edwards Super Ski. I also chat to Geoff and end with a type-in. If you like the show, please co...
- Paul Allen’s Living Computers Museum And Labs To Be Auctionedhackaday.com Paul Allen’s Living Computers Museum And Labs To Be Auctioned
After the Living Computers museum in Seattle closed like so many museums and businesses in 2020 with the pandemic, there were many who feared that it might not open again. Four years later this fea…
- Oric-1 First Look (Listen?)yt.artemislena.eu Oric-1 First -Look- (Listen?)
We take a first (short) look at Tangerine Computer System's ORIC-1, a British-made 6502-based computer that had some, but not a lot of success in the UK and France in the early 1980s, competing primarily against the ZX Spectrum. I couldn't manage to get any video output from the computer and normall...
- "Chornobyl Family" - YouTube channel dedicated to Soviet-era computers and tech.
I recently stumbled upon a channel that definitely belongs here. A pair from Slovakia presents rare Soviet-era computers and other technology.
- What was the last IBM ThinkPad?yt.artemislena.eu What was the last IBM ThinkPad?
The ThinkPad line of business and prosumer laptops began under IBM in 1992 and has been under Lenovo's umbrella since 2005. But that takeover wasn't as clean as you probably thought. With many ThinkPad fans considering 2005 as a watershed year when the entire line changed, I take a look at whether t...
- Gateway 2000 Computer - Brand New - Free to a good home!
So I'm cleaning out a house and found a brand new Gateway2k Pentium 4 computer. Someone opened the boxes but never took the computer out, its all still in the plastic and I don't want to ruin the unboxing for someone that is into this. The computer is free to a good home in the Boston metro area to make your retro gaming dreams come true! Shoot me a message, first come, first served.
P4 Computer - Gateway 2000 model 510 - part number 2800434
17" TFT Monitor - Gateway FPD1730
Speakers - Boston Acoustics BA745
Edit: Found a taker, hopefully it goes to it's forever home on Saturday!
Edit edit: its gone!
- easy 6502 or Z80 emulation
I am looking for something simpler than MAME, I want to emulate an 8-bit CPU with 32K RAM and 32K ROM connected to a VT100 type terminal - this would be a simple Linux executable that one runs from the terminal emulator, I will simulate using a built-in teletype by copy/pasting text files into the terminal or copy/pasting screen output to text files.
Either CPU would be good. I will be doing machine-code programming, at least until I build my own assembler. Then, who knows...
- Let's talk about early MS-DOS disk management! And Partition Magic!raduzaharia.medium.com The MS-DOS disk management revelation: Partition Magic
Before cloud backup and multi-terabyte desktop storage, there was a brief moment in history when disk space was precious. I know I…
- A new issue of 'Komoda & Amiga Plus' has just been released.ka-plus.pl Main page - Komoda & Amiga plus
Add to cart! ISSUE #25 available now! (spring/summer 2024) Commodore Power DriftInterview: AJ LaydenTetris RecodedK&A+ Collector’s Edition games:Die Kaufmannsgilde & SpediteurGameDev Story:Party Speedway Extended XC=BASIC coding guide. Part VI6502 Assembly. Part IITapecart – Do it yourselfTrainyardS...
- MS-DOS has been Open-Sourced! We Build and Run it!
cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/4649344
> kewl
- Windows XP can run on an Intel CPU from 1989 thanks to dedicated modderwww.techspot.com Windows XP can run on an Intel CPU from 1989 thanks to dedicated modder
Well, start brushing off those vintage 486 rigs, because a modder has actually made it happen. Going by the name Dietmar on the MSFN forums, he has...
- Finding And Resurrecting Archie: The Internet’s First Search Enginehackaday.com Finding And Resurrecting Archie: The Internet’s First Search Engine
Back in the innocent days of the late 1980s the Internet as we know it today did not exist yet, but there were still plenty of FTP servers. Since manually keeping track of all of the files on those…
- Idle Windows XP and 2000 machines get infected with viruses within minutes of being exposed online — legacy OSes compromised by just connecting to the Internetwww.tomshardware.com Idle Windows XP and 2000 machines get infected with viruses within minutes of being exposed online — legacy OSes compromised by just connecting to the Internet
Hackers are always on the lookout for legacy operating systems.
- 8-Bit Homebrew Processor
So, this isn't exactly retrocomputing and it looks like it's from four years ago, but I just found it and thought that many here may find it interesting.
This guy built a simple 8-bit CPU out of essentially discrete logic circuits (from what I've see so far, nothing more complex than a 4-bit adder chip) and explained the entire process.
- The BASIC programming language turns 60arstechnica.com The BASIC programming language turns 60
Easy-to-use language that drove Apple, TRS-80, IBM, and Commodore PCs debuted in 1964.
I was definitely a Commodore kid, and BASIC was my first language. Maybe it's nostalgia, but I still like BASIC for hobby stuff.
- Inside the Globus INK: a mechanical navigation computer for Soviet spaceflightwww.righto.com Inside the Globus INK: a mechanical navigation computer for Soviet spaceflight
The Soviet space program used completely different controls and instruments from American spacecraft. One of the most interesting navigati...
"Different Globus units needed to be built for different orbits. Moreover, this design only handles circular orbits, making it useless during orbit changes such as rendezvous and docking. These were such significant limitations that some cosmonauts wanted the Globus removed from the control panel, but it remained until it was replaced by a computer display in Soyuz-TMA (2002)."
- Microsoft releases MS-DOS 4 source code on GitHub — 45 year old code now open-sourcewww.tomshardware.com Microsoft releases MS-DOS 4 source code on GitHub — 45 year old code now open-source
MS-DOS 4.00 code, binaries, disk images, and documentation now available.
- Trying to get DOS 6.22 on an SD Card, to then run via an ISA IDE to SD Adapter on my Commodore PC-10 III, but It doesn't wanna boot. What am I doing wrong?
I have been following the exact steps as outlined in this tutorial video, with no oddities happening along the way: https://youtu.be/twQbHWJF7LA
Well, I was able to follow it up and until we got to the Partitioning part, where he says to load DOS up in the machine, presumably meaning the PC-10 in this case.
The PC-10 loads the ISA IDE to SD Adapter just fine, it even tried to look for Drive C (The SD Card) for like 10-15 seconds, until giving up then and there (as seen in the pic). (ISA IDE to SD card Adapter i got:) !
In other words it seems that the Adapter either doesn't recognise what is on the Card and I've done something wrong in burning the provided image onto it or formating, or it doesn't recognise the card itself to begin with. Its a Brand new 32GB SanDisk SD so that be pretty suprising...
In other words... im out of ideas... i tried different DIP switch configurations and all, but no change. Perhaps the PC-10 III Simply doesnt like the Adapter... or can't run 6.22... im just out of ideas and frustrated. I've had this thing for over a month now with no luck in seeing it run once properly, and original 5,25" DOS Bootdisks are expensive and take a while to arrive. Should I just bite the bullet and go for one? I don't know. Any advice is much appreciated...
- After 48 years, Zilog is killing the classic standalone Z80 microprocessor chiparstechnica.com After 48 years, Zilog is killing the classic standalone Z80 microprocessor chip
Z80 powered game consoles, ZX Spectrum, Pac-Man, and a 1970s PC standard based on CP/M.
- Fifty Years of the Personal Computer Operating Systemcomputerhistory.org Fifty Years of the Personal Computer Operating System
Fifty years ago, PC software pioneer Gary Kildall demonstrated CP/M, the first commercially successful personal computer operating system.
- Zilog Calls Time on the Venerable Z80, Discontinues the Standalone Z84C00 CPU Familywww.hackster.io Zilog Calls Time on the Venerable Z80, Discontinues the Standalone Z84C00 CPU Family
While the long-lived Z80 continues on in Z180 and eZ80 forms, the standalone DIP-packaged variants' days are numbered.
- PUMPKINOS: A MODERN REIMPLEMENTATION OF PALMOS FOR TODAY’S PLATFORMShackaday.com PumpkinOS: A Modern Reimplementation Of PalmOS For Today’s Platforms
In a world where the personal digital assistant (PDA) has become yet another retro computing system, it’s always nice when experiencing the software for such platforms can be done in a way th…
I've not tried this but it looks interesting!
