Datasaab D2, prototype computer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datasaab_D2

Today, I was helping one of my younger cousins with his homework assignment. We paused because my aunt had dinner on the table.
I teased and told him to hurry up because his older brother would would eat all the garlic bread. He replied:

"One sec, let me save with the funny square button."

Funny square button? That's a floppy disk, sweetie!

He replied: "What's a floppy disk?"

I've never felt so old...

The Itanic saga https://www.abortretry.fail/p/the-itanic-saga
#history #computers #itanium

Time to get my wallet to preorder all games that I will never play.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJSHs2O1vi4

If you had told 11 year old me when I was starting out that one day I would own a computer I would have been wowed, at the time we were making a long distance call to a university mainframe, using a teletype machine with a papertape reader to program it. If you had told me that I would end up with some many that I had to break out the label printer to keep track of what each one was doing, and which button on the KVM was which machine, I would not have believed you.

Lilith, custom built workstation of the 1970s-80s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilith_(computer)

@RobeeShepherd Really nice to read that all this sounds familiar to you.

When you've got the time, maybe you like to read this retrospective article I once wrote about my experiences in those years:

https://archive.org/details/team-hoi-games-retrogaming-retrospective/mode/2up?view=theater

𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟎𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐀𝐈 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐅𝐁𝐈 𝐍𝐒𝐀 𝐈𝐑𝐒 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvGgeb0RVyY

𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 1980’𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴, 𝘋𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘺, 𝘋𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘕𝘖𝘝𝘈 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘵. 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 1981, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘥𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘞𝘞𝘞 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 (𝘈𝘐). 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘣𝘺 𝘨𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵. 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺? 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘙𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘕𝘪𝘹𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 1974, 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘴, 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 , 𝘗𝘢𝘶𝘭 𝘈𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘣𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘦. 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯, 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘋𝘳. 𝘎𝘶𝘴 𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘓𝘢𝘣𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 1970𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 1981, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥. 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦’𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 1979-1981 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘜.𝘚. 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘈𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 1978 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘈𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 (𝘕𝘚𝘈) 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘌𝘍𝘛 (𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘍𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘦𝘳) 𝘩𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘺𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥. 𝘙𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯. 𝘈 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 1980 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦. 𝘖𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦: "𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴." 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘵 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 39 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘴.

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#Google #youtube #documentary #history #surveillance #80s #computers #data #privacy #cybersecurity #technology #infosec #smartphone #tracking #spying #digital #hackernews #hacking #internet

I remember being younger and upgrading a computer every 2 years or so being a normal thing.

Today, my 8 year old desktop feels more than capable.

Was upgrading so frequently really needed in the past or am I looking at things differently because I’m using my own money?

I’m guessing that it’s due to computers being so much more powerful now than they were before.

Apple II series, computer series by Apple, 1977–1993.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II

2½ hours and I have a working gimp-3.0 that isn't a flatpak, isn't a snap and isn't an appimage.

It should be easier than this.

Apple II series, computer series by Apple, 1977–1993.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II

Ubuntu reveals the official 25.10 Questing Quokka wallpapers!

#Ubuntu #Linux #UbuntuLinux #Computers #Laptops #TechNews #TechUpdates

https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2025/08/19/ubuntu-reveals-the-official-wallpapers-of-questing-quokka/

ComPAN 8, 8-bit microcomputer produced in the 1980s at the MERA-ELZAB plant in Zabrze.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ComPAN_8

Here is a question for #LisaSu:

What's stopping AMD from producing and selling their own AMD Laptops, much like Apple (MacBook) and Microsoft (Surface) do since more than a decade?

#AMD should start making their own laptops, even if that anger some OEMs.

The same very OEMs who take brives from Intel to use #Intel CPU and #NVIDIA graphics.

It doesn't have to be Framework 2.0.
It doesn't need to be at every price point.

It has to land at $799 with decent build, very good graphics and performance per watt. Then people will think twice about a #MacBookAir or Intel RTX laptop.

GNOME 49 finally fixes the mouse cursor refresh rate when VRR is enabled!

#GNOME #GNOMEDesktop #Linux #TechNews #TechUpdates #Computers #Laptops

https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/gnome-49-fixes-the-low-refresh-rate-for-cursor-with-vrr/

Ivel Z3, Apple IIe compatible computer developed by Ivasim in 1980s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivel_Z3

I updated my post "Do I need a Lisp Machine comeback?". I have added the new information I've found with chatting with folks on lisp IRC channels.

https://far.chickenkiller.com/computing/do-i-need-a-lisp-machine-comeback/

Seems like I was looking for was "residential style development" or something. Dunno yet what does it mean. But for sure I am digging something out of grave!