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A sentimental tour of late 1990s and early 2000s hacking tools

https://andreafortuna.org/2026/05/13/amarcord/

#HackerNews #sentimentalhacking #1990s #2000s #hackingtools #nostalgia #techhistory

Just restored a Windows 98 VM! 🖥️ The desktop is packed with 54 classic app icons—a true time capsule of late 90s computing. From IE to Winamp, it tells the story of early internet, multimedia, and the rise of Chinese software. Can you name them all? Share your memories!

#Windows98 #RetroComputing #Nostalgia #TechHistory #OldSchool

Screenshots of Old Desktop OSes

http://www.typewritten.org/Media/

#HackerNews #Screenshots #OldDesktopOS #RetroComputing #Nostalgia #TechHistory #VintageSoftware

Screenshots of Old Desktop OSes

http://www.typewritten.org/Media/

#HackerNews #Screenshots #OldDesktopOS #RetroComputing #Nostalgia #TechHistory #VintageSoftware

Screenshots of Old Desktop OSes

http://www.typewritten.org/Media/

#HackerNews #Screenshots #OldDesktopOS #RetroComputing #Nostalgia #TechHistory #VintageSoftware

Screenshots of Old Desktop OSes

http://www.typewritten.org/Media/

#HackerNews #Screenshots #OldDesktopOS #RetroComputing #Nostalgia #TechHistory #VintageSoftware

Screenshots of Old Desktop OSes

http://www.typewritten.org/Media/

#HackerNews #Screenshots #OldDesktopOS #RetroComputing #Nostalgia #TechHistory #VintageSoftware

Nullsoft, 1997-2004 AOL kills off the last maverick tech company (2004)

https://slate.com/technology/2004/11/the-death-of-the-last-maverick-tech-company.html

#HackerNews #Nullsoft #AOL #TechHistory #MaverickCompanies #InternetCulture #2000sTech

I designed Microsoft's EA channel in 2001. It's being dismantled in 2026

https://www.brendanoconnor.net/case-studies/microsoft-enterprise-channel/

#HackerNews #Microsoft #EA #channel #Dismantling #2026 #TechHistory #CaseStudy #BrendanOConnor

I designed Microsoft's EA channel in 2001. It's being dismantled in 2026

https://www.brendanoconnor.net/case-studies/microsoft-enterprise-channel/

#HackerNews #Microsoft #EA #channel #Dismantling #2026 #TechHistory #CaseStudy #BrendanOConnor

I designed Microsoft's EA channel in 2001. It's being dismantled in 2026

https://www.brendanoconnor.net/case-studies/microsoft-enterprise-channel/

#HackerNews #Microsoft #EA #channel #Dismantling #2026 #TechHistory #CaseStudy #BrendanOConnor

I designed Microsoft's EA channel in 2001. It's being dismantled in 2026

https://www.brendanoconnor.net/case-studies/microsoft-enterprise-channel/

#HackerNews #Microsoft #EA #channel #Dismantling #2026 #TechHistory #CaseStudy #BrendanOConnor

I designed Microsoft's EA channel in 2001. It's being dismantled in 2026

https://www.brendanoconnor.net/case-studies/microsoft-enterprise-channel/

#HackerNews #Microsoft #EA #channel #Dismantling #2026 #TechHistory #CaseStudy #BrendanOConnor

🎉 Wow, who knew the history of #microcomputers was just a parade of unpronounceable names and numbers? 😴 Let's not pretend anyone's life changed with a 20-pound "micro" computer, probably better at launching a spaceship than solving a math problem. 🚀 #Calculators everywhere are shaking in their pocket protectors. 📟
https://www.righto.com/2024/02/the-first-microcomputer-transfluxor.html #techhistory #nostalgia #spacecomputing #HackerNews #ngated

🎉 Wow, who knew the history of #microcomputers was just a parade of unpronounceable names and numbers? 😴 Let's not pretend anyone's life changed with a 20-pound "micro" computer, probably better at launching a spaceship than solving a math problem. 🚀 #Calculators everywhere are shaking in their pocket protectors. 📟
https://www.righto.com/2024/02/the-first-microcomputer-transfluxor.html #techhistory #nostalgia #spacecomputing #HackerNews #ngated

🎉 Wow, who knew the history of #microcomputers was just a parade of unpronounceable names and numbers? 😴 Let's not pretend anyone's life changed with a 20-pound "micro" computer, probably better at launching a spaceship than solving a math problem. 🚀 #Calculators everywhere are shaking in their pocket protectors. 📟
https://www.righto.com/2024/02/the-first-microcomputer-transfluxor.html #techhistory #nostalgia #spacecomputing #HackerNews #ngated

🎉 Wow, who knew the history of #microcomputers was just a parade of unpronounceable names and numbers? 😴 Let's not pretend anyone's life changed with a 20-pound "micro" computer, probably better at launching a spaceship than solving a math problem. 🚀 #Calculators everywhere are shaking in their pocket protectors. 📟
https://www.righto.com/2024/02/the-first-microcomputer-transfluxor.html #techhistory #nostalgia #spacecomputing #HackerNews #ngated

🎉 Wow, who knew the history of #microcomputers was just a parade of unpronounceable names and numbers? 😴 Let's not pretend anyone's life changed with a 20-pound "micro" computer, probably better at launching a spaceship than solving a math problem. 🚀 #Calculators everywhere are shaking in their pocket protectors. 📟
https://www.righto.com/2024/02/the-first-microcomputer-transfluxor.html #techhistory #nostalgia #spacecomputing #HackerNews #ngated

The first microcomputer: The transfluxor-powered Arma Micro Computer from 1962

https://www.righto.com/2024/02/the-first-microcomputer-transfluxor.html

#HackerNews #microcomputer #transfluxor #Arma1962 #techhistory #retrocomputing #innovation

PC Engine CPU

https://jsgroth.dev/blog/posts/pc-engine-cpu/

#HackerNews #PCEngine #CPU #RetroGaming #TechHistory #GameDevelopment

IBM didn't want Microsoft to use the Tab key to move between dialog fields

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260505-00/?p=112298

#HackerNews #IBM #Microsoft #TabKey #DialogFields #TechHistory

Ask Jeeves Shut Down

https://www.ask.com/

#HackerNews #AskJeeves #Shutdown #AskJeeves #Nostalgia #TechHistory #InternetMemories #SearchEngines

Visual Studio 2026 still ships the form designer Alan Cooper drew in 1987

https://evilgeniuslabs.ca/blog/winforms-still-ships-in-visual-studio-2026

#HackerNews #VisualStudio2026 #AlanCooper #FormDesigner #WinForms #SoftwareDevelopment #TechHistory

Microsoft just turned 50! 🎂

Founded April 4, 1975 by Bill Gates & Paul Allen.
Started with Altair BASIC → MS-DOS → Windows → Xbox → AI.

From two high school friends coding in a garage to one of the biggest names in tech history.

Half a century of crashes, comebacks, and Ctrl+Alt+Del.

#Microsoft50 #TechHistory #MSDOS #BillGates #AltairBASIC #Founded1975 #RetroComputing #microsoft

Happy Birthday, Apple //c.

4/24/1984 -- 42 years

#AppleIIc #AppleII #Apple2forever #Apple #applehistory #techhistory #tech #technology #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #retrocomputers #CRT #photo #dither #Atkinsondithering #officespace #desk #vintage

Happy Birthday, Apple //c.

4/24/1984 -- 42 years

#AppleIIc #AppleII #Apple2forever #Apple #applehistory #techhistory #tech #technology #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #retrocomputers #CRT #photo #dither #Atkinsondithering #officespace #desk #vintage

Happy Birthday, Apple //c.

4/24/1984 -- 42 years

#AppleIIc #AppleII #Apple2forever #Apple #applehistory #techhistory #tech #technology #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #retrocomputers #CRT #photo #dither #Atkinsondithering #officespace #desk #vintage

Happy Birthday, Apple //c.

4/24/1984 -- 42 years

#AppleIIc #AppleII #Apple2forever #Apple #applehistory #techhistory #tech #technology #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #retrocomputers #CRT #photo #dither #Atkinsondithering #officespace #desk #vintage

Happy Birthday, Apple //c.

4/24/1984 -- 42 years

#AppleIIc #AppleII #Apple2forever #Apple #applehistory #techhistory #tech #technology #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #retrocomputers #CRT #photo #dither #Atkinsondithering #officespace #desk #vintage

I logged into my very first @protonprivacy account today - the one I created way back on November 19, 2014, during the closed beta. The Proton Drive section had been deleted due to inactivity, so I had to initialize it again from scratch.

When I did, I noticed a really unusual onboarding feature - they give you a 10-minute countdown timer, and any files you upload during this window simply do not count toward your storage quota.

I have never seen another cloud provider do something quite like this. It is a really clever way to encourage users to migrate their data right away.

#Proton #History #ProtonDrive #ProtonMail #CloudStorage #TechHistory #DataPrivacy #Fediverse #Blog

Spaßiger Fakt für heute Abend: Das Wort "Bug" in der Programmierung geht auf 1947 zurück, als Grace Hopper eine echte Motte aus einem Relais des Harvard Mark II zog. 🦟

Seither kämpfen wir alle gegen Bugs – nur dass unsere meistens nicht mit einer Pinzette zu entfernen sind. 😅

#OpenSource #Programmierung #TechHistory #GraceHopper #Coding

Spaßiger Fakt für heute Abend: Das Wort "Bug" in der Programmierung geht auf 1947 zurück, als Grace Hopper eine echte Motte aus einem Relais des Harvard Mark II zog. 🦟

Seither kämpfen wir alle gegen Bugs – nur dass unsere meistens nicht mit einer Pinzette zu entfernen sind. 😅

#OpenSource #Programmierung #TechHistory #GraceHopper #Coding

Spaßiger Fakt für heute Abend: Das Wort "Bug" in der Programmierung geht auf 1947 zurück, als Grace Hopper eine echte Motte aus einem Relais des Harvard Mark II zog. 🦟

Seither kämpfen wir alle gegen Bugs – nur dass unsere meistens nicht mit einer Pinzette zu entfernen sind. 😅

#OpenSource #Programmierung #TechHistory #GraceHopper #Coding

Spaßiger Fakt für heute Abend: Das Wort "Bug" in der Programmierung geht auf 1947 zurück, als Grace Hopper eine echte Motte aus einem Relais des Harvard Mark II zog. 🦟

Seither kämpfen wir alle gegen Bugs – nur dass unsere meistens nicht mit einer Pinzette zu entfernen sind. 😅

#OpenSource #Programmierung #TechHistory #GraceHopper #Coding

Spaßiger Fakt für heute Abend: Das Wort "Bug" in der Programmierung geht auf 1947 zurück, als Grace Hopper eine echte Motte aus einem Relais des Harvard Mark II zog. 🦟

Seither kämpfen wir alle gegen Bugs – nur dass unsere meistens nicht mit einer Pinzette zu entfernen sind. 😅

#OpenSource #Programmierung #TechHistory #GraceHopper #Coding

Stripe's Payment APIs: the first 10 years (2020)

https://stripe.dev/blog/payment-api-design

#HackerNews #Stripe #Payment #APIs #PaymentProcessing #FinTech #DeveloperTools #TechHistory #PaymentSolutions

Why Zip drives dominated the 90s, then vanished almost overnight

https://www.xda-developers.com/zip-drives-dominated-90s-vanished-almost-overnight/

#HackerNews #ZipDrives #90sTech #techHistory #nostalgia #dataStorage

Why Zip drives dominated the 90s, then vanished almost overnight

https://www.xda-developers.com/zip-drives-dominated-90s-vanished-almost-overnight/

#HackerNews #ZipDrives #90sTech #techHistory #nostalgia #dataStorage

Why Zip drives dominated the 90s, then vanished almost overnight

https://www.xda-developers.com/zip-drives-dominated-90s-vanished-almost-overnight/

#HackerNews #ZipDrives #90sTech #techHistory #nostalgia #dataStorage

Why Zip drives dominated the 90s, then vanished almost overnight

https://www.xda-developers.com/zip-drives-dominated-90s-vanished-almost-overnight/

#HackerNews #ZipDrives #90sTech #techHistory #nostalgia #dataStorage

Why Zip drives dominated the 90s, then vanished almost overnight

https://www.xda-developers.com/zip-drives-dominated-90s-vanished-almost-overnight/

#HackerNews #ZipDrives #90sTech #techHistory #nostalgia #dataStorage

Archive of Byte magazine, starting with issue #1 in 1975

https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1975-09

#HackerNews #ByteMagazine #Archive1975 #TechHistory #DigitalPreservation #ComputingLegends

80386 Memory Pipeline

https://nand2mario.github.io/posts/2026/80386_memory_pipeline/

#HackerNews #80386 #Memory #Pipeline #computerarchitecture #vintagecomputing #techhistory #hardwaredesign

80386 Memory Pipeline

https://nand2mario.github.io/posts/2026/80386_memory_pipeline/

#HackerNews #80386 #Memory #Pipeline #computerarchitecture #vintagecomputing #techhistory #hardwaredesign

80386 Memory Pipeline

https://nand2mario.github.io/posts/2026/80386_memory_pipeline/

#HackerNews #80386 #Memory #Pipeline #computerarchitecture #vintagecomputing #techhistory #hardwaredesign

80386 Memory Pipeline

https://nand2mario.github.io/posts/2026/80386_memory_pipeline/

#HackerNews #80386 #Memory #Pipeline #computerarchitecture #vintagecomputing #techhistory #hardwaredesign

80386 Memory Pipeline

https://nand2mario.github.io/posts/2026/80386_memory_pipeline/

#HackerNews #80386 #Memory #Pipeline #computerarchitecture #vintagecomputing #techhistory #hardwaredesign

Fixing a 20-year-old bug in Enlightenment E16

https://iczelia.net/posts/e16-20-year-old-bug/

#HackerNews #Fixing #Bugs #Enlightenment #E16 #TechHistory #SoftwareDevelopment

Steve Wozniak built the Apple I alone — not for fame, not for money, but because he loved solving hard problems. His story will inspire you.
#books #iWoz #TechHistory
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/iwoz-book-review/

Samsung Blue Earth (GT-S7550)
(2009)

Samsung nusprendė įrodyti, kad technologijos gali būti draugiškos gamtai ir sukūrė savo ekologiškumo pradininką. Jokių pavojingų medžiagų (be BFR, be PVC), tik perdirbtas plastikas iš panaudotų plastikinių butelių (viso sudarė apie 40%) ir saulės kolektorius ant nugarėlės. Saulės įkrovimas nepakeitė įprastos elektros, tačiau 1 valanda saulėje suteikdavo apie 5–10 minučių papildomo pokalbio laiko.

2,2 colio TFT ekranas, 600 MHz procesorius, 50 MB vidinės atminties (plečiama microSD iki 16 GB), 3MP kamera, GSM 850/900/1800/1900 su HSDPA (3G), Bluetooth 2.0, FM radijas, 1200 mAh Li-Ion baterija su saulės skydeliu (iki 5 val. pokalbių, 300 val. budėjimo), dydis 106x52x14 mm.

#samsungblueearth #ecophone #retrofaktai #1eyereview #TechHistory #SmartTechEvolution @samsunglt