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@dbailey635.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 9, 2026, 9:20 AM

Here's my #ComputerHistory, for anyone interested:

* Atari 800XL (1983)
* Commodore Plus/4 (1984)
* Amstrad PC2086 (1989)
* Apple Power Macintosh 6400/180 (1996)
* Apple iMac PowerPC G5 with 4GB RAM (2004)
* Apple iMac Intel Core i5 with 12GB RAM (2010)
* HP Envy 13-D061SA Core i5 with 8GB RAM […]

@wossman.net.gy Oct 9, 2026, 12:47 AM

These blasts from the past never get old.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sliy...

#retrocomputing #computerhistory

@illdave.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 9:04 PM

Food Transfer Protocol connection open to MARY-CHUNGS. Bite size is MEDIUM. #codehumour #foodtransferprotocol #marychungs #computerhistory
hyperties.org/ftp/index.html

@bithistory.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 3:00 PM

Recently archived by BitHistory: a 1994 TENEX Computer Express “Commodore & Amiga Blow Out Sale” catalog — packed with C64/128 and Amiga hardware, upgrades, software and period pricing.

archive.org/details/TENE...

#Commodore #Amiga #RetroComputing #ComputerHistory

@bithistory.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 12:47 PM

Recently archived by BitHistory: a 1983 Matrox Computer Products catalog — a fascinating look at their graphics hardware, terminals and computer systems long before the PC graphics cards many remember.

archive.org/details/BH_M...

#RetroComputing #Matrox #ComputerHistory

@arthur-bell.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 9:08 PM

The Computer With an Expensive Future Apple's Lisa helped point toward modern computing, but its price and performance limited its market. #ArthurBell #MuseumOfBadIdeas #AppleLisa #ComputerHistory #EarlyComputing #MeetArthur #InventionHistory

@interesting.bookmarks.kvibber.com.ap.brid.gy Oct 5, 2026, 6:42 PM

**SDF Public Access UNIX System**
Shell, gopherspace, vintage computer systems and more

#ComputerHistory #Gopher #ShellAccess #SDF #Unix

@strategisminc.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 1:10 PM

Did you know the first computer virus was harmless? 💻🦠

Created in 1971, **Creeper** was an experiment that simply showed: *“Catch me if you can!”*

A small program that started a big chapter in tech history. 🚀

#TechFacts #ComputerHistory #CyberSecurity #DidYouKnow

@simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy Oct 3, 2026, 8:09 AM

The History of Cray by @retrobytes

https://youtu.be/qSgnDD83m-U [1h 16' 29"]

It will be brilliant!

Not watched it as yet but what more do you need to know? 😉🤷‍♂️

#RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #Cray

@pixelprophecy.com Sep 29, 2026, 5:41 PM

So cray what this supercomputer looked like; they don’t make them like they used to. Yes, it even has a little upholstered bench to sit on. 🥰

#retroComputing #retro #ComputerHistory #cray

A person standing inside the circular section of a CRAY X-MP supercomputer in pale blue

Vintage photo of a red CRAY X-MP supercomputer in a computer lab, photographed from the outside with some potted plants and fugly carpeting in the foreground

Photo of a person sitting in a computer lab at a keyboard and computer screen, typing. In the background is a red CRAY X-MP supercomputer

A yellow-and-blue version of the CRAY X-MP supercomputer in a computer lab that I think is somewhere in CERN.

@pixelprophecy.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy Sep 29, 2026, 5:36 PM

So cray what this supercomputer looked like; they don’t make them like they used to. Yes, it even has a little upholstered bench to sit on. 🥰

#Retrocomputing #retro #ComputerHistory #cray

@simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy Sep 27, 2026, 8:57 PM

Why do UK and International Keyboards have two vertical bar characters? 🙂🤷‍♂️

https://youtu.be/BktIY7VbrUs

#ComputerHistory #ASCII #|

@ekimellnea.bsky.social Sep 26, 2026, 3:45 AM

Every tool you use today started with a team who refused to quit. Read my full review of The Innovators.
#books #bookreview #WalterIsaacson #computerhistory