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PCjs uses JavaScript to emulate vintage computer hardware and software from the 1970s and 1980s, allowing retro computing experiences in a browser.
A Google software engineer identified and cataloged every '90s computer seen in Jurassic Park, including Thinking Machines CM-5 systems, SGI workstations, and a Motorola Envoy PDA, providing specs and context for the film's accurate technology depictions.
A detailed breakdown of all the computers and software featured in the movie Jurassic Park, including the Apple Powerbook 100, SGI R4000 Indigo, and Thinking Machines CM-5 supercomputer, with historical context and technical specifications.
This article provides a detailed technical history of the Apple Disk II controller card, explaining its innovative software-driven design by Steve Wozniak and its impact on the Apple II's success.
HamsterOS is a new 32-bit graphical multitasking OS that fits on a single 1.44 MB floppy disk, designed for 386/486-era hardware with features like a CMOS crash counter and DOS support. A companion GUI tool, HamsterWeazle, simplifies floppy disk writing via Greaseweazle USB adapters.
The article describes Sandia National Laboratories' development of the SA3000, a radiation-hardened CMOS version of the Intel 8085 CPU in the early 1980s, used in weapons and space missions such as the Galileo probe.
This project reverse engineers IBM's MCGA gate arrays used in PS/2 models 25 and 30, revealing detailed schematics and new features such as genlock capability and undocumented registers.
A blog post exploring the history of the Alaska server brand, a Mexican computer brand from the late 1990s and early 2000s, discovered during a teardown of a failed 2U rackmount server.
A hobbyist successfully runs a Minecraft server, NES emulator, webserver, and modern crypto on a restored 1960s UNIVAC 1219B with only 250 kHz CPU and 90 KB RAM.
The article details the reverse-engineering of the Intel 8087 floating-point coprocessor's stack circuitry, explaining how the chip's stack-based register architecture and microcode ROM enabled fast floating-point operations.
An exploration of unusual circuits found in the Intel 386's standard cell logic, including large multiplexers and non-standard inverters, highlighting the chip's design history and place-and-route techniques.
Construction of a USB interface to connect the original keyset from Douglas Engelbart's 1968 'Mother of All Demos' to modern computers, with historical context.