On August 25, 1991, Linus Torvalds, introduced the world to Linux through an online post. Linus Torvalds developed the kernel, initially shared as source code, and later as bootable floppy disk images, becoming much popular years later!
Early distributions included Torvalds's "Boot-Root" images, MCC Interim Linux, Softlanding Linux System (SLS), H.J. Lu's "bootable rootdisks," and Yggdrasil Linux/GNU/X, a commercial distribution.
67 years ago on October 15, 1956, The programming language FORTRAN, short for "Formula Translation," was introduced to the public.
It was the first general-purpose, compiled imperative programming language, originally developed by IBM in the 1950s for scientific and engineering applications. FORTRAN gained popularity and became a vital tool in scientific and engineering applications
(Not my set up btw. Stole the picture from a friend)
Edit: This is from an eBay listing and it seems that has already finished but it is all in German so if you are curious about what all the stuff is, check it out here: https://www.ebay.de/itm/145149706202
Am I one of the few people who misses physical cash? With buying online it makes sense not to have physical cash but in person? I dunno.
I miss feeling physical coins, bank notes and thinking that I’m not overspending.
“But Sinclair, you can overspend with physical money too!”
I know you can, but it’s called not giving into your impulses. I like physical money as much as I like physical books, but I need to get more physical books…
Thinking about getting a Mac desktop tower that’s an older one but any recommendations? I’m looking for something that I can have Mac OS 9 and OSX on at least, but could be Hackintoshed to Mac OS 9, an old Mac OS X version and something like El Capitan?
I know OpenCore is a thing but I guess I could use Rosetta under Panther or something
Today, thanks to @synergyeclipse30, I found out about the Commocoffee 64!
That’s right! In the mid-1980s the Italians made this computer do the task of making a cup of coffee. It was probably just a coffee maker without a built-in timer, which could be plugged into the datassette port of a C64, using the machine to do the timing
It feels weird to have graduated from high school. I suddenly feel like I have all this free time but I don't know what to do with it all besides sleep
Thinking about how when I was a little kid, they acted like everyone on the internet is suddenly some creepy old dude yet in reality, people on the internet can be the nicest people you’ll ever meet.
Just because you haven’t seen them in person, that doesn’t mean they aren’t a real human being
48 years ago on December 16, 1975, IMS Associates began shipping its IMSAI 8080 computer kits.
Originally shipped as kits for assembly by the user, the IMSAI 8080 gained popularity, and eventually, the company shifted to producing fully assembled units.
In total, between 17,000 and 20,000 units of the IMSAI 8080 were manufactured.
Subsequently, an additional 2,500 units were produced under the Fischer-Freitas name