#1980stech — Public Fediverse posts

A classroom in 1981. University of Waterloo, Canada. 🖥️📚

On every desk: a Commodore PET. Monochrome monitor. Built-in cassette drive. Chunky keyboard. No mouse. No internet. Just a blinking cursor and a room full of students learning BASIC.

That "beige box" was the cutting edge.

Now it's a museum piece. But in 1981? That was the future, sitting right in front of them.

#CommodorePET #VintageComputing #1980sTech #UniversityOfWaterloo #BASIC #ClassroomTech #RetroComputer

DeskMate 2 - Tandy’s GUI of the 80s (before Windows 3.1) for their computers sold at RadioShack

#RetroTech #80sComputing #DigitalNostalgia #OldSchoolTech #TechThrowback #1980sTech #Tandy #DeskMate

DeskMate 2 - Tandy’s GUI of the 80s (before Windows 3.1) for their computers sold at RadioShack

#RetroTech #80sComputing #DigitalNostalgia #OldSchoolTech #TechThrowback #1980sTech #Tandy #DeskMate

DeskMate 2 - Tandy’s GUI of the 80s (before Windows 3.1) for their computers sold at RadioShack

#RetroTech #80sComputing #DigitalNostalgia #OldSchoolTech #TechThrowback #1980sTech #Tandy #DeskMate

VCR Plus+, an easier way to schedule shows to record

#RetroTech #DigitalNostalgia #OldSchoolTech #TechThrowback #1990sTech #1980sTech #VCR

Ever wondered what happens when you mix your grandma's #knitting patterns with 1980s assembly language? 🤔 Welcome to the world of Core War warriors, where digital gladiators throw virtual knitting needles to crash each other's imaginary computers. 😂 Spoiler alert: watching paint dry might be more exciting than this spectacle of "advanced" coding strategies. 🖥️💥
https://sakana.ai/drq/ #CoreWar #DigitalGladiators #CodingHumor #AssemblyLanguage #1980sTech #HackerNews #ngated

💾🤡 BREAKING NEWS: Local "Computer Wizard" spends a whole day using 1980's tech to outsmart $200 software protection system. Apparently, our hero invested in a legit license just to flex their floppy disk #hacking skills. Lesson learned: Software developers, beware of the Copy-Paste Sorcerer! 🧙‍♂️✨
https://www.ud2.rip/blog/enigma-protector/ #ComputerWizard #1980sTech #FloppyDisk #SoftwareProtection #CopyPasteSorcerer #HackerNews #ngated

Behold, the technological marvel of 1980s nerd wizardry: convincing two ancient processors to awkwardly share a dorm room, aka memory, on the Apple II 📟🤦‍♂️. Meanwhile, Microsoft’s blog post forgets what brevity means and drones on like a developer's stream of consciousness 🤯💤.
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20251104-00/?p=111758 #1980sTech #AppleII #ProcessorSharing #MicrosoftBlogging #NerdCulture #HackerNews #ngated

Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? for DOS (1989)

#RetroTech #DOS #DOSGaming #80sComputing #DigitalNostalgia #OldSchoolTech #TechThrowback #1980sTech

🚀 Ah, the miraculous "In-Memory C++ Leap" 😂—because nothing screams cutting-edge blockchain analysis like recycling 1980s tech. 🤖 It's all about AI-powered #buzzwords for the truly oblivious! 🧠💥
https://caudena.com/the-in-memory-c-leap-in-blockchain-analysis/ #InMemoryCPlusPlus #BlockchainAnalysis #AI #1980sTech #HackerNews #ngated

🚀 Ah, the miraculous "In-Memory C++ Leap" 😂—because nothing screams cutting-edge blockchain analysis like recycling 1980s tech. 🤖 It's all about AI-powered #buzzwords for the truly oblivious! 🧠💥
https://caudena.com/the-in-memory-c-leap-in-blockchain-analysis/ #InMemoryCPlusPlus #BlockchainAnalysis #AI #1980sTech #HackerNews #ngated

🚀 Ah, the miraculous "In-Memory C++ Leap" 😂—because nothing screams cutting-edge blockchain analysis like recycling 1980s tech. 🤖 It's all about AI-powered #buzzwords for the truly oblivious! 🧠💥
https://caudena.com/the-in-memory-c-leap-in-blockchain-analysis/ #InMemoryCPlusPlus #BlockchainAnalysis #AI #1980sTech #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, the Sinclair C5—a testament to the 1980s' tech optimism and proof that engineers shouldn't design bicycles 🚲. Restoring this relic is like trying to make your grandma's rotary phone run on 5G 📞. Meanwhile, in a parallel universe, #Mastodon is still fighting the good fight against JavaScript, one browser tab at a time 😂.
https://woof.tech/@crashtestdev/114411537491626882 #SinclairC5 #1980sTech #RetroRestoration #JavaScriptWars #HackerNews #ngated

Prodigy’s weather service circa 1988 (from Les Briney)

#RetroTech #DigitalNostalgia #OldSchoolTech #TechThrowback #1980sTech #ProdigyOnline #Prodigy

VCR Plus+, an easier way to schedule shows to record

#RetroTech #DigitalNostalgia #OldSchoolTech #TechThrowback #1990sTech #1980sTech #VCR

DeskMate 2 - Tandy’s GUI of the 80s (before Windows 3.1) for their computers sold at RadioShack

#RetroTech #80sComputing #DigitalNostalgia #OldSchoolTech #TechThrowback #1980sTech #Tandy #DeskMate

DeskMate 2 - Tandy’s GUI of the 80s (before Windows 3.1) for their computers sold at RadioShack

#RetroTech #80sComputing #DigitalNostalgia #OldSchoolTech #TechThrowback #1980sTech #Tandy #DeskMate

On April 1, 1986, Thomas Rattigan was promoted to Commodore CEO. But what happened to him in April 1987 after he turned around a $237 million loss felt like a cruel April Fool's joke. #RetroComputing #Commodore64 #CorporateDrama #TechHistory #1980sTech https://dfarq.homeip.net/thomas-rattigan-short-lived-commodore-ceo/

39 years ago, Microsoft held its very successful IPO. Microsoft didn't need the money, but were essentially forced into it. It made Bill Gates filthy rich and put Microsoft on the map. The search for the next Microsoft led to the dotcom bubble. #MicrosoftIPO #BillGates #TechHistory #DotcomBubble #RetroComputing #SiliconValley #StartupCulture #1980sTech #TechMilestones https://dfarq.homeip.net/microsofts-1986-ipo/

42 years ago, IBM released the successor to its very successful IBM PC. Dubbed the PC/XT, it added a hard drive and more expansion slots while still running at the same speed. And at a pretty steep price. #retrocomputing #vintagecomputers #1980stech #techhistory https://dfarq.homeip.net/ibm-pc-xt-model-5160/