The Inside Story of PC Magazine, PC World, and Macworld’s Origins, as Told by David Bunnell (technologizer.com)
Warcraft 2 Soundtrack - I'm a Medieval Man (Hidden Track) (youtu.be)
Hexen II OST - 01 - Blackmarsh (www.youtube.com)
Story time....
40 years since the launch of the legendary game Elite (www.theregister.com)
The Reg talks to co-creator Ian Bell and coder Mark Moxon about what's under the cobra's hood
Modernizing the Compaq Portable III from 1987 (www.youtube.com)
8 bit era but with 3.5" floppy drive?
Were there any 8-bit era computers that had a 3.5" floppy? They probably would have run CP/M. I do have an apple IIC+, but I also would like some sort of Z80 machine.
The Geocities Gallery (geocities.restorativland.org)
For a real treat, head to the SiliconValley section and browse all.
Daikatana Teaser (lemmy.sdf.org)
Advertising in the 90s was something else....
A Quick PSA: Don't Copy That Floppy (www.youtube.com)
A C Compilier for the C64 (hackaday.com)
Regal Cinemas - Rollercoaster 3D Animation (www.youtube.com)
How hyped did you get in the mid-90s, when the lights would go down, and this piece of art would start immersively booming through the theater?
Welcome to MegaRace! (www.youtube.com)
With your host, Lance Boyle.
I stumbled across this the other day - Old DOS Never dies... (ia801209.us.archive.org)
This should boot up on your run of the mill S-100 based system with an 8086. Maybe an 8080 too? Also, it reportedly runs under #simH as a virtual machine. According to some, this is the earliest known version of #86-DOS, not long after replacing #QDOS as its successor....
WARAJEVO: The ZX Spectrum Emulator That Gave People Hope | Kim Justice (www.youtube.com)
The Best Of Max Headroom (Japanese LaserDisc) (www.youtube.com)
Is this Retrocomputing? (lemmy.world)
Remembering database development in MS-DOS with FoxPro 2.6 (raduzaharia.medium.com)
Places to stop in Dallas/Fort Worth?
I’ll be in DFW for a concert in May. Do any locals have recommendations for retrocomputing locales in the area? I.e. used electronics stores, recycling centers that let you take things, et cetera. I know Computer Reset is pretty much done at this point, but I’m from rural Arkansas so I imagine there’s still a few good...
Battle Chess (ani.social)
Hi has anyone here played this classic? It’s so fun watching the pieces fight. The windows 95 version had better fights but I still remember this game fondly.
oscilloscope browser display (www.instagram.com)
Top 10 Favourite Commodore 64 games of 2023 - RGN Gamer's Choice Results! (yewtu.be)
The IBM 801, the RISC You've Never Heard of (community.cadence.com)
How IBM stumbled on to RISC, in the 70s. Via Hackaday.
The Spectrum Show EP 136 - Festive Special (vid.puffyan.us)
Have a Helping of 8-bit Holiday Cheer! (2023 Edition) - Byte Cellar (bytecellar.com)
A collection of Christmas themed demos for vintage micro computers.