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Long gone, DEC is still powering the world of computing | Ars Technica

Long gone, DEC is still powering the world of computing | Ars Technica "In 1977, DEC introduced the VAX, a new line of minicomputers that featured a 32-bit instruction set architecture and virtual memory. Its operating system, VMS, was a...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 6, 2023 7:28 PM

BASIC Computer Games - Wikipedia

BASIC Computer Games - Wikipedia I have memories of typing computer programs printed in a magazine (Byte, Creative Computing) into our TRS-80 Model I, with the cassette drive for storage. The favorite was the Star Trek text-based game, where you...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 6, 2023 8:25 AM

10 Awesome MS-DOS Games You Can Play in Your Browser | Mental Floss

10 Awesome MS-DOS Games You Can Play in Your Browser | Mental Floss Including the original version of "Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?" Thanks, archive.org!...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 22, 2015 11:20 PM

Byte Magazine, March 1977, Star Trek game in BASIC

Byte Magazine, March 1977, Star Trek game in BASIC I remember sitting at my family's TRS-80 Model 1 and carefully typing in every line of this 399-line program by David Price of Midlothian, Virginia. You had to travel through the...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 26, 2014 5:41 PM

Doug Engelbart 1968 Demo

Doug Engelbart 1968 Demo The "mother of all demos" -- Engelbart and team demonstrated word processing, shared-screen collaboration, hypertext, dynamic linking -- and introduced the world to the computer mouse. Via Technology Review article, Doug Engelbart's Unfinished Revolution....

Posted by Michael Bates on July 23, 2013 3:46 PM