Old computer magazines
I guess I need a "retro" category here. Anyway, I found this on Slashdot this morning: The Computer Magazine Archive. Don't let the URL fool you--it's not just Atari stuff. The post Old computer...
View ArticleWhat happened to GEM?
GEM was an early GUI for the IBM PC and compatibles and, later, the Atari ST, developed by Digital Research, the developers of CP/M and, later, DR-DOS. (Digital Equipment Corporation was a different...
View ArticleCringely takes on Ashton Kutcher’s movie about Steve Jobs
Mark Stephens, a.k.a. Robert X. Cringely, wrote last week about his disappointment in Ashton Kutcher’s movie Jobs, about the late Apple co-founder and CEO. Here’s the most important part of his...
View ArticleSculley on Jobs
John Sculley famously fired Steve Jobs in 1985, a move that’s pretty universally panned today. This week, someone asked Sculley about it. Here’s the money quote: “He was not a great executive back in...
View ArticleThe Post-Dispatch may be giving the wrong idea about the dollar value of...
Articles like Top 10 collectibles for value, from the Post-Dispatch this week, frequently make me nervous, mostly because of statements like this one: [D]id you know that computer parts can bring home...
View ArticleDisadvantages of the 8086 microprocessor
An 8086-series microprocessor, the 8088, powered the original IBM PC. Its direct descendants power PCs to this day. Not only that, they power modern Macs too. This was always controversial, especially...
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