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Size definitely matters! #ComputerHistory #ClassicPCGames #DOSGaming #GamingHistory
November 6, 2026 at 5:02 PM
chrispirillo.bsky.social
IBM's 1975 “portable” computer weighed 55 pounds and ran some mainframe software

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#ibm #Ibm5100 #ComputerHistory #retro
IBM's 1975 “portable” computer weighed 55 pounds and ran some mainframe software
Two Computer History Museum records for the IBM 5100 disagree by five pounds, and neither calls it anything stronger than “marginally portable.”
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November 10, 2026 at 12:20 AM
chrispirillo.bsky.social
IBM's 650 kept its memory on a drum spinning 12,500 times a minute

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#ibm #Ibm650 #ComputerHistory #retro
IBM's 650 kept its memory on a drum spinning 12,500 times a minute
IBM forecast 50 sales, rented the machine for under $4,000 a month and ended up installing nearly 2,000, a generation of students' first computer.
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November 10, 2026 at 12:40 AM
chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
IBM's 1975 “portable” computer weighed 55 pounds and ran some mainframe software

https://lockergnome.com/ibm-5100-fifty-five-pound-portable-mainframe-software/

#ibm #ibm5100 #computerhistory #retro #generativeAI
IBM's 1975 “portable” computer weighed 55 pounds and ran some mainframe software
Two Computer History Museum records for the IBM 5100 disagree by five pounds, and neither calls it anything stronger than “marginally portable.”
lockergnome.com
November 10, 2026 at 12:20 AM
multician.bsky.social
Whirlwind-tan art for the 75th anniversary of Whirlwind!

Featuring personifications of the DEC lineup (to date), some Data Generals, Memory Test Computer and SAGE.

#os-tan #gijinka #humanization #personification #computerhistory
November 5, 2026 at 12:37 AM
chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
IBM's 650 kept its memory on a drum spinning 12,500 times a minute

https://lockergnome.com/ibm-650-memory-drum-twelve-thousand-five-hundred-rpm/

#ibm #ibm650 #computerhistory #retro #generativeAI
IBM's 650 kept its memory on a drum spinning 12,500 times a minute
IBM forecast 50 sales, rented the machine for under $4,000 a month and ended up installing nearly 2,000, a generation of students' first computer.
lockergnome.com
November 10, 2026 at 12:40 AM
coffe.bsky.social
OMFG! WE GOT FILES!

FILES TO THE LEFT OF ME!
FILES TO THE RIGHT OF ME!

AND HERE WE ARE, ROCKIN' IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BBS!

#BashBBS #BBS #RetroComputing #RaspberryPi #PiZero #FileAreas #OldSchoolBBS #ComputerHistory #HobbyComputing #DIY #Sysop #microblog
November 5, 2026 at 1:56 PM
bhgross144.bsky.social
#ICYMI: On Thursday (Nov. 12), two CHSTM working groups are teaming up to discuss a paper on the history of Soviet computing by Danielle Wallner (@brandeisuniversity.bsky.social)!

Tune in at noon, EST (11 AM, CST). More info: www.chstm.org/group/histor...

#histSTM #histtech #ComputerHistory 🗃️📜⚙️💻
Computer class at Chkalovski Village School No. 2 in 1985–1986 (Image via Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computing_in_the_Soviet_Union#/media/File:Pn-pravez-class-5.jpg)
November 9, 2026 at 7:40 PM
coffe.social.piewpiew.se.ap.brid.gy
OMFG! WE GOT FILES!

FILES TO THE LEFT OF ME!
FILES TO THE RIGHT OF ME!

AND HERE WE ARE, ROCKIN' IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BBS!

#bashbbs #bbs #retrocomputing #raspberrypi #pizero #fileareas #oldschoolbbs #computerhistory #hobbycomputing #diy #sysop #microblog
November 5, 2026 at 1:56 PM
theoff-keybard.bsky.social
permanently altering the trajectory of personal computing.

👇 Read the full story on The Bard's Desk:

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#ThisDayInHistory #Microsoft #IBMPC #ComputerHistory #TheOffKeyBard #BardsDesk
This Day in History — The Deal That Put Microsoft at the Center of Personal Computing
On November 6, 1980, Microsoft signed with IBM to supply an operating system it didn't own, then bought 86-DOS for about $75,000 and kept the right to resell.
theoffkeybard.com
November 6, 2026 at 6:47 PM
vintage.computer
💾 Throwback Thursday! Remember school computer labs?
Rows of beige PCs, bulky CRT monitors, and the sound of keyboards clicking away! 🖥️ For many of us, these rooms were our first introduction to computing, typing, and the internet. #RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #Nostalgia
**Throwback Thursday – Computer Labs** "Schools used to have entire ‘computer labs’ where students would go to learn how to use the computer, complete homework, and learn how to type." **Visual Description:** The infographic features a photograph of a school computer lab filled with rows of beige desktop computers, bulky CRT monitors, keyboards, and wired mice. Several monitors display blue desktop screens. Headsets hang from the sides of the monitors, and red mousepads sit on the desks. The room has white walls, fluorescent ceiling lights, framed posters, a window with blinds, a whiteboard, and black office chairs arranged at individual computer workstations. The design features a warm beige and orange desert landscape background with rolling sand dunes. At the top, a magnifying glass icon accompanies the heading "Throwback Thursday" in large brown lettering. Below it is the title "Computer Labs". The photograph occupies the center of the image, with explanatory text underneath. The website "vintage.computer" appears at the bottom right. **Image Credit:** Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:School_computer_lab_LCCN2011636104.tif
November 5, 2026 at 1:00 PM
chrispirillo.bsky.social
On this day in 1952, CBS News borrowed a UNIVAC to call the election. It pointed to an easy Eisenhower win, and Cronkite doubted it. The machine was right. (Sources: Computer History Museum, Wikipedia) #ComputerHistory
Illustration of Chris Pirillo in context for November 4, 1952: CBS News uses a UNIVAC computer to predict the presidential election
November 4, 2026 at 9:25 PM
jordanjmc.bsky.social
Why can a faster processor still feel slow? Memory access can hold it back. Adding RAM won't solve every bottleneck. "Hardware History: CPU & RAM" traces how the two evolved together.

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#ComputerHistory #RAM
Hardware History: CPU & RAM
Explore the evolution of computer processors and memory, from early 8-bit microcomputers through 16-bit, 32-bit, and 64-bit architectures to modern multicore...
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November 3, 2026 at 3:15 AM
camenwolf.bsky.social
Super Star Trek survived through terminals, printed listings and generations of programmers. My new documentary follows that journey from BASIC to the browser—and asks how a game becomes computer folklore.

#SuperStarTrek #ComputerHistory #RetroGaming #DecrepitGamer
Super Star Trek | A Documentary: The Game that Became Computer Folklore
Before home computers became commonplace, players were already commanding the Enterprise through text on a terminal and reports printed on paper. How did tha...
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October 28, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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#ComputerHistory

NRI Model 832

This was a kit computer which my dad and I built as part of a course he was taking. All 7400 series TTL logic gates, wire wrap, incandescent bulbs before LEDs were a thing. 32 bytes of ROM (via switches) 16 bytes of RAM.

oldcomputermuseum.com/nri_832.html
October 20, 2026 at 5:19 PM
mabelquill.bsky.social
The Visionary Mechanical Mind of Charles Babbage

#fyp #MabelQuill #TodayInHistory #october18 #october18th #CharlesBabbage #ComputerHistory #HistoryOfScience #AdaLovelace #Invention #HistoryTok #HistoryFacts #LearnHistory
October 19, 2026 at 6:08 AM
aptivi.bsky.social
Installing IBM OS/2 Warp 2.11 FixPak SM07 on 86Box

#OS2 #OS2Warp #Retrocomputing #Computers #TechNews #TechUpdates #ComputerHistory
Installing IBM OS/2 Warp 2.11 FixPak SM07 on 86Box
Previously, we have demonstrated how to install IBM OS/2 Warp 2.11 on an 86Box emulated machine with a standard version. The Corrective Service Facility allows you to install FixPaks to your existing OS/2 Warp system to fix issues that have surfaced. You can download the FixPak SM07 for this version of OS/2 Warp here, but be aware that the first two SM07 floppy disks are for the Corrective Service Facility, while the last two floppy disks are for the actual FixPak files.
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October 17, 2026 at 6:29 PM
arthur-bell.bsky.social
The Handwriting Computer That Could Not Read

#ArthurBell #MuseumOfBadIdeas #AppleNewton #ComputerHistory #ProductDesign #MeetArthur #InventionHistory
October 13, 2026 at 11:39 PM
bithistory.bsky.social
This fascinating interview with computing pioneer Brian Silverman covers decades of computer history, including early Microsoft, vintage hardware, and transistor-level simulations of classic processors like the 6502.

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#BitHistory #RetroComputing #ComputerHistory
Let's Chat with Brian Silverman - LOGO Evangelist, Scientist and Researcher!
When this week's guest was a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the 1970s, the sky was the limit in terms of how computing could be used to educate. Co-creator of the TinkerToy…
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October 13, 2026 at 1:01 PM
puretech.news
Working Cray-1 supercomputer replica packs 30 vintage Mac Minis and 1.5 TFLOPS #Technology #Hardware #Microprocessors #cray1 #museodehistoriadelacomputacion #macmini #losalamos #computerhistory

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Working Cray-1 supercomputer replica packs 30 vintage Mac Minis and 1.5 TFLOPS — passively cooled tribute is 9,375x faster than the 1976 supercomputer
The original may be weak by today's standards, but it did an awesome job of improving many people's lives.
puretech.news
October 11, 2026 at 11:30 AM
illdave.bsky.social
Food Transfer Protocol connection open to MARY-CHUNGS. Bite size is MEDIUM. #codehumour #foodtransferprotocol #marychungs #computerhistory
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October 8, 2026 at 9:04 PM
dbailey635.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy
Here's my #computerhistory, for anyone interested:

Atari 800XL (1983)
Commodore Plus/4 (1984)
Amstrad PC2086 (1989)
Apple Power Macintosh 6400/180 (1996)
Apple iMac PowerPC G5 with 4GB RAM (2004)
Apple iMac Intel Core i5 with 12GB RAM (2010)
HP Envy 13-D061SA Core i5 with 8GB RAM Notebook […]
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October 9, 2026 at 9:20 AM
wossman.net.gy
These blasts from the past never get old.

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#retrocomputing #computerhistory
2000: Windows, Linux, Oracle and the Internet | The Money Programme | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
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October 9, 2026 at 12:47 AM
bithistory.bsky.social
Recently archived by BitHistory: a 1983 Matrox Computer Products catalog — a fascinating look at their graphics hardware, terminals and computer systems long before the PC graphics cards many remember.

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#RetroComputing #Matrox #ComputerHistory
MATROX Electronics Systems Catalog (1983) : MATROX Electronic Systems LTD : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This document is a product catalog published by Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd. in 1983. It presents a range of graphics terminals, OEM computer systems, video...
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October 7, 2026 at 12:47 PM
bithistory.bsky.social
Recently archived by BitHistory: a 1994 TENEX Computer Express “Commodore & Amiga Blow Out Sale” catalog — packed with C64/128 and Amiga hardware, upgrades, software and period pricing.

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#Commodore #Amiga #RetroComputing #ComputerHistory
TENEX Computer Express Catalog - Commodore & Amiga Blow Out Sale : TENEX Computer Express : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This item is a catalog page spread from TENEX Computer Express, dated 1994, advertising Commodore and Amiga hardware, software, upgrades, peripherals, and...
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October 7, 2026 at 3:00 PM