EanGUI and X.400

https://wiesmann.codiferes.net/wordpress/archives/40933

#CERN #ComputerHistory #EMail #EDI #UniversityOfGeneva #X.400

Reading Brian Kernighan’s book: UNIX: A History and a Memoir.

This fun little snippet that I updated slightly for today's macOS will show you all words you can spell upside down on a digital calculator:

/usr/bin/grep '^[behilos]*$' /usr/share/dict/words

And if you want to know how many words that is:

/usr/bin/grep '^[behilos]*$' /usr/share/dict/words | /usr/bin/wc -w

Yes, BOOB is in the list. But you'll have to add your own number 5.

Classic Computer Replicas

https://obsolescence.dev/index.html

Where grep came from.

Spoiler: g/re/p

https://youtu.be/NTfOnGZUZDk?si=vEm7GwvE4FLe_qsa

#programming
#unix #tools #computerhistory

A nice bit of #ComputerHistory for #Vim:

“Understanding The Origins And The Evolution Of Vi & Vim” [2023], Gustavo Pezzi (https://pikuma.com/blog/origins-of-vim-text-editor).

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43691020

On Lobsters: https://lobste.rs/s/jmemvd/understanding_origins_evolution_vi_vim

Nachdem wir im Januar '24 ja schon den Sourcecode von #Gemini (dem echten, nicht dem Google-Rotz) veröffentlichen konnten gibt's jetzt auch noch den von Gemini2, den @jreschke von der Platte seines alten TTs retten konnte.

https://github.com/gereons/Gemini2

Enjoy!

#atariST #RetroComputing #VintageComputing #ComputerHistory #Atari

/cc @icing @3rz

I love computer history, and I’m about 50 pages into a book I came across about computer shareware.

But OOF! The author writes facts, dates, and events like a school history book rather than telling a compelling story.

It’s like he’s making an Everything bagel.

1/2

VCF East 2025 Recap – Event Highlights, Exhibits, and Video Collection
#VCFEast2025 #VintageComputing #RetroComputing #InfoAgeMuseum #VCFEast #ComputerHistory #BBS #ConsignmentRoom #TechEvent #WallNJ #VCFVideos #c256foenix
https://theoasisbbs.com/vcf-east-2025-recap-event-highlights-exhibits-and-video-collection/?feed_id=2755&_unique_id=67f9159bee67c

#retrocomputing #computerHistory #cray https://mastodon.social/@aka_pugs/114316377980037554

Hey there, fellow retro-tech nerds! The @mediaarchaeologylab has posted its open call for practitioners-in-residence in the lab for the next season, which begins in September. Submit your proposal by May 15!

Please boost for reach.

https://mediaarchaeologylab.ghost.io/practitioner-in-residence-open-call/

The theme for the 2025/2026 residency is Counter Computing: Alternative Imaginaries.

Lab director Lori Emerson describes it this way: "We are interested in any form of artistic and/or scholarly practice that engages counter-computational practices, such as glitching, hacking, tinkering, queering, subverting, (un)making and (re)imagining. Through such experimentation, we encourage you to explore how our relation to (and imagination of) technology can be remade to envision alternative pasts, presents and futures."

The lab is asking interested parties to submit a proposal for an up-to-4-week residency that includes full access to the lab and its resources, and logistical support. Residents are expected to produce a public lecture, demo, video, performance, or exhibition as part of the residency. Examples of previous technical reports can be seen at https://mediaarchaeologylab.com/projects

Get to it, my peeps! We'll see you in the lab starting in the fall.

Ok, I spent yesterday afternoon trying to get #RAID configured on my #lenovo #ThinkPad #P70 - to no success.

I found this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyCC1NGe8a8&t=36s of the similar #p50 and configuring #RAID which shows the #BIOS interface but my P70's only show the "non-raid physical discs" I do not have an option for RAID volumes. Note I have upgraded the BIOS to the most recent version on lenovo's web site. Any thoughts?

I have attached 2 #screenshots of what the BIOS displays - I'm trying to configure the RAID on the two 512GB #NVMe sticks.

#siliconValley #SillyValley #sanfrancisco #sanfran #sanfranciscocomputers #sanfrancomputers #sanfranciscovintagecomputers #sanfranvintagecomputers #sanfranciscovintagehardware #sanfranvin-tagehardware
#vintagecomputing #vintagecomputint #vintagecomputer #vintagecomputers #vintagecomputalk
#vintagehardware #computerHistory #retro #VCF #vintageComputerFestival
#retrocomputing #retroComputers #WallOfRetro #retroTech #retroTechnology
#nerdsOfVintage #happyNerding
#computer #tech #computerHardware #laptop #laptops
#IBM #thinkpad #thinkpads #VintageThinkPad #X86 #WindowsVista #IBMhardware #lenovoHard-ware #Thinkpadnium
#upcycle #restore #TechnologyRepair #ThinkPadRepair #WasteNotWantNot #Thinkpadnium
#makeShitMonday #showmewhatyougot

https://www.howtogeek.com/secret-inside-joke-developers-have-been-hiding-for-decades/

Recursive acronyms, Where one letter of the Acronym, stands for the word/acronym itself, have been the developer's inside jokes since the 1970's. Here's some of the most prevalent examples.

- GNU
- PHP
- Bing
- WINE
- PINE
- RPM
- LYNX
- EINE
- ZWEI
- Zinf
- JACK
- LAME
- cURL
- MUNG
- TIP
- TINT
- AMBER
- JASS
- PIP
- XINU

Find out what the above Recursive Acronyms mean, and lean the history of this practice, can be found in the article.

A great new article by Jeffrey Starr, Investigating MacPaint's Source Code: https://ztoz.blog/posts/macpaint-source-code/

The Alwac / Wegematic Computer Factory in Tyresö

https://aardvarchaeology.wordpress.com/2025/04/05/the-alwac-wegematic-computer-factory-in-tyreso/