In this update I finish up some mostly pointless work on old articles and then vent about the nature of the modern web.
Tag:technology
Just Why Was The Famicom 6502 Based?
Seriously, if most Arcade hardware of the era was Z80 based, why did Nintendo opt for the 6502? In the early 80’s when it was already an “old” chip?
WordPress Is Starting To Annoy Me…
A modest rant about how my preferred CMS is starting to tick me off.
A Return To Bulletin Board Systems
A few years ago I got bit by the “BBS” bug – a phenomena among some of us in the vintage technology scene to hunt down and experience the pre-internet culture of Bulletin Board Systems. Contrary to popular belief, these services are still alive and well in the 21st century, albeit adapted for and living …
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A Look At My Mac Mini File Server: MiniServ
In the late Summer of 2018 I was really getting into a big kick of collecting and using old Macintosh systems. It wasn’t long after getting the MacBook mentioned in a previous article (and thus becoming “current” in the Macintosh ecosystem) that I had an idea to get a Mac mini system and use it …
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Cloud Gaming – A Solution To Problems That Don’t Really Exist
Cloud Gaming (or, Game Streaming as some will call it) is marketed as a solution to commonly perceived shortcomings of both PC based and console based gaming — namely large install sizes and long download times for the games themselves and / or their updates, on top of the cost of the hardware in and …
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The Computer Chronicles – Computer Entrepreneurs (1984)
The early days of the computer revolution were an incredible time for people who happened to have the right combination of skills, money, and just plain luck – a successful combination for anyone, sure, but especially so in the computer revolution of the late 70’s and early 80’s. Well known examples of this are people …
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So Apple Announced Some New Stuff Today. Good For Them.
It’s funny, over the past few months I’ve had quite an influx of older Apple computer hardware come into my possession – were I any other kind of person you would think I would have been all over the Apple announcements today, but nope. Don’t care. Not in a bad way, just in the “eh, …
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I Had A Better Article Planned, Then I Decided To Clean My Keyboard…
So, to give you the short version of the story, I spent about 2 or 3 hours today (mixed with a few other things) cleaning up a keyboard for one of my computers. It was a recently purchased Apple A1048 Keyboard which was purchased in a dirty state. I thought, since I had the time …
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The Computer Chronicles – Super Computers (1984)
Here we have a slightly different episode of The Computer Chronicles. While normally the show takes a look at the more personal end of the computer revolution – how individuals and small businesses use various machines, sometimes breaking into big business where it seems relevant, the show tends to not focus on the upper end …
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Keeping Useless Junk Around For The Future – A Quick Thought
When I think about my hobbies, one common trend I’ve noticed is that much of them involve, for on reason or another, me desiring to keep things that do work doing what they do. Hell, its also my job, actually – much of my day to day game store work is actually repairing old game …
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Update On The Melcor 390 Calculator
So, you may recall a few days ago in my thrifting adventures I snagged an old 70’s calculator that, after working for a few minutes failed in a flurry of smoke and heat. If not, the previous article will be shared below. http://www.xadara.com/i-got-a-vintage-70s-calculator-and-then-it-blew-up/ Well, I mentioned I would ask on the eevblog forums about what …
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People want Aero in Windows 8?
So, something came across my Twitter feed today that kind of shocked me! Namely, this article that says, apparently, that some users demand that Microsoft bring back the Aero design interface in Windows 8: http://betanews.com/2013/02/04/do-you-want-aero-in-windows-8-fight-for-it/ For the sake of completeness, before I continue this article, let me share the the Wikipedia article on Aero. …
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