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Getting updates and software for old Windows - skipster1337's Site

https://skipster1337.github.io/posts/windows-software.html

that I find useful on computers running old Windows versions. Most of everything that makes up this list is taken from this document (which you can find on the r/windowsxp sidebar

http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ftp/ucsterminal/ucsterminal_03.txt

http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ftp/ucsterminal/ucsterminal_03.txt

predate electronic computers by some decades; the Teletype (used as the control terminal on many mainframes and most minicomputers in the 1950s through 1970s) dates back to 1929.

The Rise of ``Worse is Better''

https://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html

language. Half the computers that exist at any point are worse than median (smaller or slower). Unix and C work fine on them. The worse-is-better philosophy means that implementat

libreCMC : The libre Embedded GNU/Linux[-libre] distro.

https://librecmc.org/

for general purpose computers. The Project aims to give its users freedom and control over the software that runs on their hardware. Most of the hardware that libreCMC supports in
libreCMC : The libre Embedded GNU

A List Of Games By Trans People Before 2010

https://dotmaetrix.neocities.org/classictranslist

(1989, Various home computers) Developed by Rebecca Heineman. Originally intended as a Bard's Quest game but rights issues got in the way Dragon Dive (2003, Gamecube) Kotori Yoshi

The Tao of Programming

http://www.mit.edu/~xela/tao.html

have constructed? Computers simulate determinism; only Tao is perfect. The rules of programming are transitory; only Tao is eternal. Therefore, you must contemplate Tao before you

School Will Never End: On Infantilization in Digital Environments - Amplifying Empowerment or Propagating Stupidity?

http://sigwait.tk/~alex/doc/bunz%2Cmercedes__school-will-never-end/

Ever since personal computers had become mainstream, designers had tried to give them an air of being friendly and fun. Apple’s appeal to non-technical people was intentionally fo

JP's Website · 2023-08-28 · Everything I know about floppy disks

http://thejpster.org.uk/blog/blog-2023-08-28/

BBC Micro line of computers. High Density 5.25" With the IBM PC/AT, IBM introduce a new kind of 5.25" drive and controller. It doubled the speed of the disk controller chip to 1,0

Organization Sketch of IBM Stretch -- Mark Smotherman

https://people.computing.clemson.edu/~mark/stretch.html

of the first pipelined computers. Dr. Amdahl joined IBM in June 1952 and left in December 1955. John Griffith recalls that before Dr. Amdahl left in 1955, Jerry Haddad asked that

VAX-11/750/780

https://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/VAX-11-750.html

a new breed of superminicomputers. At the same time, the PC industry was launched by the Apple II,which could be hooked up to any color television. The first desktop computer from

Metadata Activity

https://www.w3.org/Metadata/Activity

can purchase books, computers, clothes, and any number of other items; you can book seats on planes and rooms in hotels. The possible uses of the Web seem endless, but there the t

Nintendo 64 Architecture | A Practical Analysis

https://www.copetti.org/writings/consoles/nintendo-64/

for Windows-based computers as well [41] . Furthermore, there were third-party tools such as custom cartridges housing a long ribbon cable that connected to the workstation. These
An in-depth analysis that explains how this console works internally


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