A great new article by Jeffrey Starr, Investigating MacPaint's Source Code: https://ztoz.blog/posts/macpaint-source-code/

This month there is another #Retro⁩ night at ⁨#Derby⁩ Computer Museum

⁨https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNCxWbiCrSs⁩

It's on Saturday 19th April, £7-8 all night, get your ticket here: ⁨⁩ https://www.derbycomputermuseum.co.uk/byob-retro-gaming-nights - hurry - there are only 5 tickets left already!

I had a great time last time I went!

⁨#RetroGaming⁩ ⁨#RetroComputing⁩ ⁨#ComputerHistory⁩ ⁨#GamingHistory⁩

Eliza Bot Running and ready for your retro psycological problems
Toot me a Hello to start
#RetoComputing #Eliza #ComputerHistory

Playing the Swedish game "Dubbelmoral" on a #Macintosh. #retrogaming #computerhistory

Source: https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2024/10/refurb-weekend-symbolics-macivory-lisp.html

https://www.virtualcuriosities.com/articles/4540/teletypewriter #technology #computerhistory #retrocomputing

Today, I visited the Heinz Nixdorf Museum in Paderborn and was amazed. What a huge place! Defo worth another visit for me.
#vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #Computermuseum #computerhistory

It is a beautiful afternoon here in Maui. I have curated a specific aesthetic in my office and we have arrived at the time of year where one of the silicon wafers lights up in the afternoon sunlight. It makes me happy to see it lit up with a full rainbow of colors.

The second oldest digital computer in the world is now working

Well done @usagielectric for getting it in a running state!

https://youtu.be/1XIX1K6tyqg

The oldest is the Harwell Dekatron at @tnmoc in Bletchley Park, which is also very cool and well worth visiting

Larry Masinter @masinter and Frank Halasz @fghalasz will be the guests of the next episode of "Do you speak tech?", the show Patrick Domanico hosts at Near FM community radio in Dublin. They will chat about Medley Interlisp, their memories of Xerox PARC, the computing world then and now, and more.

On March 10, 2025 at 19:00 UTC tune in to 90.3fm in the Dublin area or listen online here:

https://nearfm.ie/livestream

No one asked for this: Google is testing round keys in Gboard | Ars Technica
https://alecmuffett.com/article/112633
#ComputerHistory #android

For my first #marchintosh post, some scores from #trashnothing #freecycle over the weekend.

The #iMac apparently had the magic smoke & sparks fly out, we shall see what parts can be salvaged

- An older #ipad
- a few #macpro - Two appear to be the 2012 vintage, the same as my orignal MacPro that I still have. Hopefully candidates for #OCLP
- Some #keyboards
- retro surge srtip
- random ewaste: panasonic land line phone, some cables, spicy pillows,

Original post on #pixelfed :
https://defcon.social/@irishmasms@pixel.infosec.exchange/114111062655093396

#siliconValley #SillyValley
#vintagecomputing #vintagecomputing #vintagecomputint #vintagecomputer #vintagecomputers #vintagecomputalk #vintagehardware
#computerHistory
#retro #retrocomputing #retroComputers #WallOfRetro #retroTech #retroTechnology
#nerdsOfVintage #happyNerding
#computer #tech #computerHardware
#SF #sanfran #sanfrancisco #sanfrannerds
#sanfrangeeks
#sanfrancomputers
#sanfranretro
#sanfranvintage

"The mix-in revolution: How an ice cream innovator in Somerville influenced Lisp pioneers at the MIT AI Lab­—and made a lasting mark on programming."

https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/25/1111238/the-mix-in-revolution/

By Fred Vogelstein and Om Malik @Onmyom:

"""
the technology revolutions that followed five years after 1996 and 2007 reshaped [..] business and society at large.

Without the leverage of the free open source software on generic x86 servers, you don’t get [..] Google, Amazon, and Meta.

Without cheap hard drives to go into iPods, and cheap broadband to download music, you don’t get Apple's resurgence.
"""

https://crazystupidtech.com/archive/what-to-expect-from-us-in-2025/