Obscure retro hardware and operating systems. A look into the past.
Some very interesting old examples of computing technology in the Soviet bloc. This is a very interesting documentary.
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Another nostalgia posting. Some pictures of very old computing treasures from history.
Old AOL login window. Dialing up to an America Online system to get connected to the Internet. The old OS/2 Warp operating system from IBM. This was a very good operating system back in the day. Windows `95 on floppy disks. This would take a very long time to install…
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The early days of computing were dominated by computers that required constant maintenance. For example the Defrag program needed to be run constantly to keep your hard disk speed at an acceptable level. Otherwise it would gradually slow down as your hard disk became more fragmented. Watching the little blocks…
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This is the old drive space indicator that was used in old versions of Windows. Such an image is so retro looking it is hard to believe that we use to use something like this. The days of using 1.44 Megabyte floppy disks and Iomega Zip drives are long gone….
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The SUSE Yast configuration panel had many features for configuring every aspect of your Linux system. I wish that the modern Linux distributions like Ubuntu & Mint would have something like this. The Mandrake Linux 9.2 distribution had the Drakconf control panel that was also very comprehensive in terms of…
Read MoreUbuntu Linux coming to the Google Android platform.
The Ubuntu Linux distribution is coming to the Google Android hardware platform. This means that the secure and open Linux operating system will be coming to the popular Android hardware. The Google Android operating system, although it is based on Linux, has been the subject of much controversy over the…
Read MoreNostalgia post. Some cool things from the past.
A nostalgia post with some cool pictures from history This thread will be showcasing the awesome and not so awesome things that sprang up in the past. The Windows `95 operating system was one that came out of Redmond with the taskbar and icons on the desktop that continued relatively…
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