35 years ago, a young system administrator named Cliff Stoll shared a story on Nova, a PBS documentary program. Stoll introduced his audience to a brave and unfamiliar world of computers, networks, and hackers. Movies about computers and hackers were The post When Nova introduced hacking to the mainstream appeared first on The Silicon Underground.| The Silicon Underground
Activision was the first independent third-party publisher of console video games, founded October 1, 1979 by a group of former Atari developers. Activision proved successful, becoming the largest and most enduring publisher of video games for both game consoles and The post What happened to Activision appeared first on The Silicon Underground.| The Silicon Underground
October 1, 2006 was a good day. It was the day that the last of the patents covering the GIF file format finally expired and GIF became free to use. Today GIF is a staple of social media, but it The post The day GIF became free to use, forever appeared first on The Silicon Underground.| The Silicon Underground
The IBM PS/2 line, released April 2, 1987, was IBM’s attempt to reinvigorate its aging personal computer line and fight off cloning. The line sold better than we remember. On September 30, 1988, IBM announced it had sold its 3 The post IBM PS/2 series appeared first on The Silicon Underground.| The Silicon Underground
It was on September 28, 1998 that Internet Explorer passed Netscape in market share for the first time. It took just under three years for it to go from an afterthought in the Microsoft Plus pack to the dominant browser. The post When Internet Explorer passed Netscape for the first time appeared first on The Silicon Underground.| The Silicon Underground
Irving Gould, born September 26, 1919, was a Canadian financier and chairman of Commodore International. Although it’s an oversimplification, journalist Robert X. Cringely dismissed the once high-flying computer company, which had 60% of the market in 1984, as Irving Gould’s The post Irving Gould and Commodore appeared first on The Silicon Underground.| The Silicon Underground
On September 25, 1928, Motorola was founded. Retro computer enthusiasts think of Motorola as a CPU manufacturer, and to a lesser degree, perhaps as a computer manufacturer. But its primary line of business for the majority of its existence was The post Motorola born on this day in 1928 appeared first on The Silicon Underground.| The Silicon Underground
On September 24, 1998, Ebay held its IPO at $18 per share, reaching $53 per share in its first day, making founder Pierre Omidyar and president Jeffrey Skoll instant billionaires. Ebay’s first annual report listed the company’s dependence on the The post Ebay’s IPO: The rare dotcom survivor appeared first on The Silicon Underground.| The Silicon Underground
The NEC V20 was an Intel 8088-compatible CPU that ran slightly faster. It was a niche CPU in the 1980s and 1990s but had a following as a cheap upgrade for power users, especially in instances where motherboard swaps were The post NEC V20 CPU: A bit of pep for an XT appeared first on The Silicon Underground.| The Silicon Underground
The 1980s saw a flurry of graphical user interfaces pop up, almost all of them in some way made by people who got to see the work done by Xerox. Today’s topic is no exception – GEM was developed by Lee Jay Lorenzen, who worked at Xerox and wished to create a cheaper, less resource-intensive alternative to the Xerox Star, which he got to do at DRI after leaving Xerox. His work was then shown off to Atari, who were interested in using it.| www.osnews.com
The firmware in my RAMCHECK is very old, there were many updates since then. Unfortunately, the firmware was not published on the internet before Innoventions closed down. So, this is my adventure about obtaining new firmware. Original Firmware My RAMCHECK runs version 2.06E. It is pretty good, but I have noticed when running the advanced […] Source| LinuxJedi's /dev/null
Whilst repairing vintage machines, a lot of RAM passes by my benches. Most of it works great, some of it is in not so good condition. It is possible to test RAM in a system, but that may not tell the…| LinuxJedi's /dev/null
According to some, the ARK1000VL is considered the fastest VLB graphics card chip you can get. I recently repaired several other VLB graphics cards, so when an ARK1000VL based card came up…| LinuxJedi's /dev/null
Hot on the heels of repairing the Cirrus Logic VLB card, I acquired a dead Trident TGUI9440 based VLB graphics card to see if I could repair it. This is the card I received. It is a 1MB card which is…| LinuxJedi's /dev/null
