~lobsters | Bookmarks (58)
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Refurb weekend: Data General/One (and the worst LCD in the world)
I mentioned earlier that while I prefer specializing in non-x86 laptops, that doesn't mean I don't...
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The Intel 8088 processor's instruction prefetch circuitry: a look inside
In 1979, Intel introduced the 8088 microprocessor, a variant of the 16-bit 8086 processor. IBM's decision...
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5 Things We Have Forgotten About Open Source – The Scribbler of the Rueful Countenance
Note: in order to satisfy the exquisite tastes of today’s discerning internet readers, the following blog...
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After 41 years, my first assembly program on my first computer, the Tomy Tutor
We got it in 1983, I think, so it only took me about 41 years to...
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An Apple district manager's Macintosh Portable in 1989-91 (featuring GEIS AppleLink and a look at System 7.0 alpha)
A few months ago I introduced you to one of the more notable Apple pre-production units...
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How User Groups Made Software Reuse a Reality | ℤ→ℤ
Before the widespread existence of software repositories like CPAN, NPM, and PyPI, developers seeking to reuse...
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Responding to the Year 2000 Challenge: Lessons for Today | IBM Center for The Business of Government
Editor’s Note: Government at all levels, American society, and the world faced a seemingly insurmountable technology...
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The Itanic Saga
Mikhail Alexanderovich Kartsev was born on the 10th of May in 1923. He was born to...
