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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

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

The Tao of Programming

https://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

Frutiger Aero Archive - Resources

https://frutigeraeroarchive.org/resources

- Search engine for old computers, using Wayback Machine Marginalia Search - Search engine that prioritizes non-commercial content and human websites Curlie - Comprehensive web di
A collection of links to software and icons to customize your computer to look like older Windows versions.

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

The small web is beautiful

https://benhoyt.com/writings/the-small-web-is-beautiful/

in this era of fast computers with plenty of RAM? A number of reasons, but the ones that are most important to me are: Fewer moving parts. It’s easier to create more robust system
A vision for the "small web", small software, and small architectures.

#youbroketheinternet (YBTI)

https://youbroketheinternet.org/

obtain control over computers on the entire planet, and how the new TCP Stealth technology developed by the presenter provides obstacles to the massive port scanning. GNU Internet

Digital Equipment Corporation PDP 11/20 used in the FOSDIC system

http://www.retrotechnology.com/pdp11/FOSDIC.html

tapes to large-scale computers. [On the FOSDIC VI system, the scanning CRT and sensor were installed on an otherwise conventional microfilm reader. The film moved between the scan

Where Have all the Gophers Gone? Why the Web beat Gopher in the Battle for Protocol Mind Share

https://ils.unc.edu/callee/gopherpaper.htm

human communication, computers need a common set of conventions in order to share information. The history of networked computing is rich with stories about developing protocols.


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