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By 2007 Sun knew the writing was on the wall for their workstation line, so they decided to produce a final swan song. Apart from looking fantastic, was it all Sun users hoped for, was it a worthy machine for… Continue Reading →

The Pentium Pro was the first processor to have Intel’s i686 architecture, the beginning of what would be a successful line of CPUs for Intel. However depending on who you spoke to, and the software they where running, views on… Continue Reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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.