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- Christmas Morning, 1979 — A Pivotal Moment Captured on Film
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- Liber809 – The Motorola 6809 Gets a New Platform
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- My First Printer. What Was Yours?
- Glowing Pixels Replace Swirls of Paint at the Smithsonian
Recent Comments
- Derek Etnyre on Found Photo: Me and My Apple QuickTake 200 Camera
- Piku on My First “Homepage” and Email “Sigs” of Olde
- Piku on Regarding Keyboards, and a New Favorite: the Leopold FC660C
- Marc Johnson on Regarding Keyboards, and a New Favorite: the Leopold FC660C
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- Joe Tyson on Regarding Keyboards, and a New Favorite: the Leopold FC660C
- hans meiser on Regarding Keyboards, and a New Favorite: the Leopold FC660C
- Marc Johnson on Regarding Keyboards, and a New Favorite: the Leopold FC660C
- Regarding Keyboards, and a New Favorite: the Leopold FC660C | Byte Cellar on An Apparent Keyboard Geek Finally Learns to Type
- Karl Olinde on “Picasso” Macintosh Logo Poster
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- Seems Twitter Ticker does not run on orig iPad with 5.1.1. Shame, I like it better than Trickle. The latter will do, tho. 07:39:28 PM June 11, 2013 from Tweetbot for Mac ReplyRetweetFavorite
- So I let iTunes update my iPad 1 from 5.0.1 to 5.1.1 -- and I’m in a cyclical cannot restore scenario. I should have left well enough alone. 06:56:17 PM June 11, 2013 from Tweetbot for Mac ReplyRetweetFavorite
- RT @kirilot: @blakespot check out the website the national mall is covered in bones to raise genocide awareness 05:38:20 PM June 11, 2013 from Tweetbot for iOS ReplyRetweetFavorite
- RT @kirilot: http://t.co/k0iSgobYAn @ The National Mall http://t.co/EzyD1zmRgA 05:38:17 PM June 11, 2013 from Tweetbot for iOS ReplyRetweetFavorite
- Is Sony trying to grab defeat out of the jaws of victory? 05:37:26 PM June 11, 2013 from Tweetbot for iOS ReplyRetweetFavorite
- @kirilot What? 05:34:15 PM June 11, 2013 from Tweetbot for iOS in reply to kirilot ReplyRetweetFavorite
- I must’ve been in the loo. So iOS 7 comes with a flashlight app? 05:12:11 PM June 11, 2013 from Tweetbot for iOS ReplyRetweetFavorite
- Correction: This is the SIXTH Apple Store coming w/ in 30 mins of home (I’m in Alexandria, VA) — not the fifth. 04:20:10 PM June 11, 2013 from Tweetbot for iOS ReplyRetweetFavorite
- Nice, a fifth Apple Store is coming to my area. (All within 30 mins (most within 15 mins) of my house.) http://t.co/WXclB78VlW 04:13:03 PM June 11, 2013 from Tweetbot for Mac ReplyRetweetFavorite
- The voice in the new Apple TV spots sounds a little bit like Ben Affleck. 03:47:43 PM June 11, 2013 from Tweetbot for Mac ReplyRetweetFavorite
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Ultima IV Redux
I spent a good chunk of my time as a teen playing Ultima IV, a role playing game written by Richard Garriot (aka “Lord British”) at Origin Systems. There were many chapters in the Ultima series, but Ultima IV is … Continue reading
Posted in Multi-Platform
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Farewell Willow
I have an original 128K Macintosh. It was purchased, used, about two years ago. It is the 1901st Macintosh produced at the Fremont, CA plant during the 38th week of 1984. (I purchased a 128K Macintosh in 1985, new, but … Continue reading
Posted in Just Rambling
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“Blue & White” G3 Poster
My first first Mac was an original Macintosh (128K), which my parents purchased for me back in 1985. My second Mac was a Mac LC which I got in late ’91. After about a year, it was Amigas and PC’s … Continue reading
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Commodore 128 History
I was doing some digging on the web when I ran across a most interesting page, Commodore.ca’s “The Commodore 128: The Most Versatile 8-Bit Computer Ever Made“. It is a most engaging (and suspensful) account of how Commodore’s crown 8-bit … Continue reading
Posted in Commodore 64/128
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Farewell HyperCard
It finally happened. HyperCard is gone. More than 16 years since its original debut, HyperCard was pulled from Apple’s site towards the end of last month (March 2004). Created by Bill Atkinson of the original Macintosh team, HyperCard was a … Continue reading
Posted in Macintosh
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Amiga 1200 Tower
I have always been an Amiga fan. I purchased the first Amiga sold in Virginia, back in October 1985. I heard news of it months earlier and had long been in waiting. Not long after, though, (I think partially due … Continue reading
Posted in Amiga
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Mac Plus Webserver
In the middle of a regular session of googling for some vintage hardware info, I ran across a rather unique and notable site: The Mac Plus Web Server. Clicking that link will take you to a rather small site that … Continue reading
Original Mac (128K)
Almost two years ago now, I purchased an original Macintosh 128K (model M0001) from a vintage Macintosh listserv. The serial # tells me it was teh 1901st Mac produced during the 38th week of 1984. Interestingly, I had never plugged … Continue reading
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Commodore 65
In searching the web for some Amiga-related information, I ran across references to a prototype computer, developed by Commodore, that never saw mass production. The computer in question is the Commodore 65, successor to the Commodore 64 and 128. Information … Continue reading
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FOSE 2004 Expo
Working in Washington DC, I had the opportunity to run over to this year’s FOSE Expo that took place at the DC Convention Center. FOSE is a technical expo targetting government organizations and was not a highly entertaining show for … Continue reading
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