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Part time virus hunter

madamjujujive — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:09:44 -0800

It arrived at MIT in the middle of the night... 1988 computer virus - (via Dangerous Minds) The Computer on TV, 1955-1986 - various vintage ads and clips 1983: War Games hacking fears TV interview The revolution of the Internet 1993 Internet users guide from 1990 1995 AOL Commercial

The Osbornes

Joe Beese — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:01:00 -0800

The Osborne 1 was the first commercially successful portable microcomputer, released in April 1981 by Osborne Computer Corporation. It weighed 23.5 pounds, cost $1,795, and ran the then-popular CP/M 2.2 operating system. The computer shipped with a large bundle of software that was almost equivalent in value to the machine itself. Adam Osborne (with John C. Dvorak) later wrote Hypergrowth: The rise and fall of Osborne Computers Corporation.

The TV Typewriter

braun_richard — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 19:45:06 -0800

Typing...on a screen! Text (and cover image) of a 1973 issue of Radio-Electronics mag, showing a new fangled way of typing with a TV screen. I like how the mag is billed as "for MEN with ideas in electronics." Heh...

Silicon Valley strikes again

starscream — Tue, 07 Oct 2003 13:59:18 -0800

The Computer History Museum is hosting this years Vintage Computer Festival in Mountain View, California. Featuring live demonstatrions of a Xerox Alto as well as an auction for a Commodore 64 prototype, this year promises to be fun for geeks of all ages. (via Wired)

Ahhh ... memory lane

MintSauce — Fri, 22 Aug 2003 04:28:14 -0800

Obsolete computers 1975-89. There's my first baby.