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.
Some very interesting old examples of computing technology in the Soviet bloc. This is a very interesting documentary.
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 compared to using a DVD … Read more
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 move around the defrag window … Read more
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. Now we have 16 Gigabyte … Read more
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 all the various hardware you … Read more
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 security issues that have plagued … Read more
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 unchanged until the Windows XP … Read more