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estaim85.bsky.social
87% of classic games can’t be bought. The market isn’t saving them. One underfunded nonprofit is, while lawyers and botnets pile on. If the Internet Archive falls, there’s no plan B. #SoftwarePreservation #InternetArchive chat-to.dev/post?id=ejdF...
Internet Archive vs. the Lawyers: The Fight to Save Software Before It Disappears Forever
Something I only figured out late: software doesn't age like a book. A book yellows, but anyone who can read can still read it. A 1994 program on a perfectly intact floppy disk can be, for all practic...
chat-to.dev
October 28, 2026 at 2:10 PM
chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Jeff Shrager, Kent Pitman and Claude Code Got Herbert Simon's 1961 Heuristic Compiler Running Again, and It Prints the Code From His 1963 Paper

https://lockergnome.com/executable-archaeology-claude-code-reanimates-simon-1961-heuristic-compiler/

#aihistory #lisp #softwarepreservation #tech
Chris kneels in an excavation trench, brushing dirt off a long fanfold computer printout as a small old terminal beside him lights up with the same pattern.
October 29, 2026 at 2:40 AM
sdforg.bsky.social
Happy 45th IBM PC #ibmpc45 read more about the effort to archive and open source MS-DOS v1.25 now on display at icm.museum #vintagecomputing #pc #archiving #softwarepreservation opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2026/04...
The Interim Computer Museum
icm.museum
August 12, 2026 at 6:40 PM
theoasisbbs.bsky.social
The Story of X-Copy: Amiga’s Most Famous Copy Tool & Rare Cyclone Hardware
#Amiga #RetroComputing #XCopy #KryoFlux #SoftwarePreservation #RobSmithDev #VintageGaming #Cyclone

theoasisbbs.com/the-story-of...
The Story of X-Copy: Amiga’s Most Famous Copy Tool & Rare Cyclone Hardware - The Oasis BBS
Explore the history of X-Copy, its functionality, and rare Amiga hardware. Featuring an interview with Christian Bartsch, discussing Cachet, KryoFlux, and SPS.
theoasisbbs.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
interlisp.org
We are happy to share the preprint and slides of the paper "The Medley Interlisp Project: Reviving a Historical Software System" by Eleanor Young et al.:

interlisp.org/documentatio...

interlisp.org/documentatio...

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#retrocomputing #interlisp #lisp #SoftwarePreservation
interlisp.org
June 28, 2025 at 9:13 AM
vga256.dialup.cafe.ap.brid.gy
anyone else remember the page html you could add from icq to show your on/offline status on your homepage 😅

#icq #1990s #softwarepreservation
An ICQ Respond-Online panel, showing several buttons: Chat Me ICQ Me Add Me Page Me Zoom Me Email Notify Me
August 31, 2025 at 9:57 PM
vga256.dialup.cafe.ap.brid.gy
SIMP_SND.DLL contains every sound used in the berkeley systems simpsons after dark screensaver

it turns out to be a long chain of unsigned 8-bit RIFF waveform 11025hz files

extracted here for your pleasure

#simpsons #macintosh #softwarepreservation
August 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
vga256.dialup.cafe.ap.brid.gy
while i despise scroll-based article formats, this html5 article on the history of VB is 👍👍

https://retool.com/visual-basic

#visualbasic #programming #softwarepreservation #history
Something Pretty Right: A History of Visual Basic | Retool
How Visual Basic became the world’s most dominant programming environment, its sudden fall from grace, and why its influence is still shaping the future of software development.
retool.com
July 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
winsontang.com
Discover the rich history of C++ through the Software Preservation Group's C++ History Collection! Dive into the evolution of this pivotal programming language and explore its impact on software development. Join us in celebrating its legacy! #CPlusPlus #SoftwarePreservation
softwarepreservation.computerhistory.org
April 30, 2026 at 2:00 AM
hncompanion.com
Software preservation is a key theme, with discussions on technical aspects of emulating older systems and the role of projects like Mac OS 9 Lives. It underscores the effort required to keep historical computing accessible. #SoftwarePreservation 5/6
November 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
sdforg.bsky.social
Would you like to see UNIX V4 on MissPiggy? #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #unix #softwarepreservation
December 31, 2025 at 2:14 AM
blindthoughts.bsky.social
ChatGPT's Own Infrastructure Turned Into Phishing and Malware Delivery Platform

https://blindthoughts.com/chatgpt-attack-surface-phishing-malware-spacex-golden-dome

#openaisecurity #vulnerabilitydisclosure #spacex #aihardware #softwarepreservation
May 30, 2026 at 11:17 AM
linuxeasy.bsky.social
Eternal Software Initiative punta a rendere eseguibile Linux tra mille anni grazie a una macchina virtuale minimalista basata su una sola istruzione.

#Linux #OpenSource #SoftwarePreservation #Eternal #LinuxKernel #BusyBox #LLVM
Eternal Software Initiative: il progetto che vuole avviare Linux tra mille anni
Eternal Software Initiative punta a rendere eseguibile Linux tra mille anni grazie a una macchina virtuale minimalista basata su una sola istruzione.
www.linuxeasy.org
June 19, 2026 at 11:25 AM
azurelandacnh.bsky.social
Because of @archive.org, I was able to find that rare MAD Magazine CD-ROM that was bundled with issue 350 sometime back in 1996. I probably threw the poor thing away, because I didn't have a CD player, or a computer with a CD drive.
#SoftwarePreservation
MAD Magazine and AOL CD-ROM (1996) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
MAD Magazine and AOL CD-ROM (1996)
archive.org
March 13, 2024 at 11:33 PM
archive.org
The Winter #Olympics continue! ⛷️

🏂 Celebrate gaming history by revisiting 1985’s "Winter Games" from our classic software collection ❄️

💾 #SoftwarePreservation is how we go for the Gold! 🥇

🕹️ Play it on your favorite vintage platform ⤵️
archive.org/search?query...

#8bit
February 13, 2026 at 11:01 PM
archive.org
❄️ ’Tis the season to celebrate with Sierra On-Line’s 1986 "A Computer Christmas." ❄️ Thanks to #softwarepreservation, this retro holiday classic is now a perennial gift for new generations of holiday revelers. 🦌🎄

See all the animated sequences ⤵️
archive.org/details/sier...

#TechHistory #retrogaming
December 16, 2025 at 8:03 PM
pchestek.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
Original post: https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive/115780845326410760
From: @internetarchive
https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive/115780845326410760
internetarchive (@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org)
Attached: 1 video Warm yourself by the virtual fireplace in this cosy 8-bit #Christmas scene. No MS-DOS or floppy 💾 drive required to stoke this very 1980s hearth. Thanks to software preservation, the flames are still crackling on the Internet Archive. ✉️ Open the full 1986 Sierra On-Line "A Computer Christmas" card ⤵️ https://archive.org/details/sierra-christmas-card-1986 #RetroComputing #VintageComputing #8bit #SoftwarePreservation #ComputerHistory
mastodon.archive.org
December 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM