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How old school cassette tape drives worked

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Read/download the entire archive of Byte magazine.

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Rare original 1976 Apple-1 operation manual up for auction

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The Incredible Machine (1968) [14:55]

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AT&T Archives: The UNIX Operating System (circa 1982-86 ish)

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The many derivatives of the CP/M operating system

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IBM model F usb controllers are a thing. Great keyboard, you can pick them up in "for parts or repair" condition and throw one of these in for cheap.

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Can an external PCI-Express to PCI adapter work? Sort of...

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LP0 (not) on fire. [4032x3024 - 6.42MB]

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The World's first Overclocked computer

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Found a Win98SE VHD I used 15 years ago for certain old applications [320x400]

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The computers used to do 3D animation for Final Fantasy VII... in 1996.

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fsv - 3D File System Visualizer. The continued graphical file browser from Jurassic Park.

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Unix at 50: How the OS that powered smartphones started from failure

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The Computer Chronicles - Operating Systems (1984)

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The Eternal Mainframe.

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A massive (actual mass) processor from the past: 8-way IBM Power5 chip

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2,200 Forgotten Vintage Computers Are Being Liberated From a Barn in Massachusetts

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80 Years Later, GCHQ Releases New Images of Code-Breaking Computer

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How Old School Floppy Drives Worked

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Restoring/Retrobrighting three Commodore PC-compatibles

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Here's What Happens When an 18 Year Old Buys a Mainframe. Fun story, gay hair.

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A bunch of RAMDISK/8088 adapter boards from the Box 'o Chips era - The SWP Co-Power Board.

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386 Build: 3 Floppy Drives, SD card, Networking

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Essential Reality P5 Glove

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