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OS/2 Better DOS than DOS, better Windows than Windows

IBM’s OS/2 was their attempt to take back control of the PC market. It went about as well as you might think any plan that contains the phrase “Take back control” does. While it did not have the effect IBM… Continue Reading →

X11

Depending on when you count the creation of X11 from (i.e. from W, or the first X11 release), it now 40 (or nearly 40) years old. No other GUI system has lasted this long in general purpose production use. An… Continue Reading →

Transputer

I’ve been meaning to talk about one of the more interesting CPUs we’ve seen in the last 40 years. Created with the idea of parallel computing in mind, it was set to be the future of computing. While the technology… Continue Reading →

Secret History

I’ve started a new series of videos. They are all about secret projects run by tech companies, that even to this day are not very well known about. The first video is about project Aquarius, Apple’s first attempt to create… Continue Reading →

Acorn Electron

The Acorn Electron turned 40 last month, so as away of celebrating that fact I did a video on the Electron.

New video uploading

Its that time of the month again, where I have finally finished editing a video. So tomorrow morning its time to talk about the IMSAI 8080.

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