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My Typewriter Runs Linux(youtube.com)
2 points by nickt 4y ago|1 comments
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Wow, “CBM PET 2001 Strange Boot” with almost 2000 responses (100 pages) since April this year. https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/cbm-2001-pet-stran...
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OS/2 still lives as ArcaOS. https://www.arcanoae.com/arcaos/
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Airport surveillance and what we surrender when we sign up for PreCheck(theverge.com)
15 points by nickt 4y ago|0 comments
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Comprehensive list of modern reproductions of vintage sound cards(vogons.org)
70 points by nickt 4y ago|25 comments
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That’s the core principal of Ray Kurzweil and Terry Grossman’s book, “Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic_Voyage:_Live_Long_En...
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PowerMac 6100 Upgrade Guide (2000)(kan.org)
76 points by nickt 4y ago|111 comments
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The relativistic rocket calculator linked in the comments is quite interesting. https://gregsspacecalculations.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html...
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Tymnet(en.wikipedia.org)
13 points by nickt 4y ago|4 comments
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The Atari Years (2014)(erasmatazz.com)
37 points by nickt 4y ago|20 comments
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Find out what his first 8/16 bit computer was and get him one with some peripherals and OG games. At his age, and with the bourbon reference I’d guess a Commodore 64.
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Anocracy(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by nickt 4y ago|0 comments
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How to wire a Belling-Lee connector(megalithia.com)
2 points by nickt 4y ago|0 comments
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Tim Robinson built working copies of the Difference Engine out of Meccano [1] a few years ago, and is now involved with Plan 28, a project to build the Analytical Engine, which @jgrahamc provides regular updates to the Computer Conservation
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Gridded Population of the World(sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu)
1 points by nickt 4y ago|0 comments
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I have it bookmarked, for when my Amiga is switched off. Good discussion here from 2019. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19034690
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You can get a CM-1 t-shirt from Tamiko Thiel [1], and a little background [2]. [1] https://mission-base-creations.myspreadshop.com/ [2] https://www.mission-base.com/tamiko/cm/cm-tshirt.html
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Some startup is bookmarking this for a future Zoom/Teams plugin for your boss to buy to ensure your attention at all times…
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It reminds me of an old story - The Handyman’s Invoice https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/know-where-man/
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You can get a community licence from VMS Software: https://vmssoftware.com/community/community-license/
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If you like this sort of thing, then Osmocom has other great projects going on. http://planet.osmocom.org/ This was where I first heard the term, “retronetworking”.
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QL and Beyond – Rick Dickinson Photos from Sinclair Research(flickr.com)
3 points by nickt 4y ago|1 comments
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The Oxford International Activebook [1] is a nice notebook. - Spiral Bound - A5+ - Polypropylene cover - Lovely paper While not available on Amazon.com, they are available at Amazon.co.uk and can be shipped to the US. [2] [1] - https:&#x2F
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Amiga Transputer Project(bambi-amiga.co.uk)
54 points by nickt 4y ago|8 comments
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Horses on a plane. Sounds like a sequel. https://blog.privatefly.com/air-horse-one-a-private-jet-for-...
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https://web.archive.org/web/20220426115020/https://skysedge....
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It’s a Martin Baker seat. At least he’ll get a tie. https://martin-baker.com/ejection-tie-club/
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DevOps for the Sinclair Spectrum(markround.com)
56 points by nickt 4y ago|7 comments
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In the UK, we call it POETS day. I’ve successfully planted that seed at a few US-based companies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POETS_day
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I’m sure the Sunderland lads have already clocked it. Feel free to drop by… https://www.readytogo.net/smb/

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