Building a computer in the 90s - The Silicon Underground
Building a computer in the 90s was almost always harder than it needed to be. Let's step through one build that stood out above the rest for me.| The Silicon Underground
Building a computer in the 90s was almost always harder than it needed to be. Let's step through one build that stood out above the rest for me.| The Silicon Underground
Altavista was the first great search engine. It started out as a marketing gimmick and became a brief sensation. Here's what happened to Altavista and why.| The Silicon Underground
The DEC Rainbow 100 from 1982 was an early challenger to the IBM PC. In this blog post, I explore why it failed in spite of being better.| The Silicon Underground
I’m reading a book called Trade-Off, by former USA Today technology columnist Kevin Maney. It’s primarily a marketing book. Maney argues that all products are a balance of fidelity and convenience, and highly favor one or the other. He additionally| The Silicon Underground
This computer was so good and so far out there, we didn't know what we had.| The Silicon Underground
Images he created when demonstrating an Amiga in 1985 surfaced in 2024| The Silicon Underground
The Gotek floppy emulator is a must-have for retro PCs. Here's why, along with instructions to help you get your vintage PC up and running with one.| The Silicon Underground
SD to IDE adapters provide a convenient way to provide storage to systems that can't use serial ATA. But how's the performance? Let's dig in to find out.| The Silicon Underground
