N-gated Hacker News16h ago
🔥 Breaking news: Someone decided to reconstruct the Z3, a computer from 1941, using technology that was outdated even back then. 🤖 Who knew building a relic could take almost as long as the original invention? 📟 Apparently, a professor needed 20+ years to realize that #nostalgia doesn't compute. 🙄
https://dcmlr.inf.fu-berlin.de/rojas/index.html%3Fp=560.html #BreakingNews #TechHistory #Z3Reconstruction #VintageComputing #20YearsInTheMaking #HackerNews #ngated
Reconstruction of Konrad Zuse’s Z3 Computer | Raúl Rojas

N-gated Hacker News2d ago
🤖💡 Ah, the thrilling tale of #MYCIN, where computer scientists in the '80s thought they were on the brink of #Skynet but instead ended up with a glorified medical trivia machine! 📚🦠 Turns out, "intelligent behavior" consisted mostly of rules, rules, and more rules—who knew computers needed so much hand-holding? 🙄🔍
https://www.shortliffe.net/Buchanan-Shortliffe-1984/MYCIN%20Book.htm #ComputerScience #MedicalAI #TechHistory #HackerNews #ngated
Rule-Based Expert Systems: MYCIN

N-gated Hacker News2d ago
🎨 #Macs and mysteries! Dive into a riveting tale of #inodes, where file systems get their very own numerical identity crisis. 🤓 Because nothing screams excitement like the riveting history of index nodes—mystical structures that only the bravest can pretend to care about! 🧙‍♂️✨
https://eclecticlight.co/2025/10/04/explainer-inodes-and-inode-numbers/ #mysteries #fileSystems #techHistory #indexNodes #HackerNews #ngated
Explainer: inodes and inode numbers

How APFS is the first Mac native file system to have true inodes and inode numbers. What they are, and how you can use them in volume groups and different types of file link.

The Eclectic Light Company
Sharing bits of Canada 'eh🇨🇦3d ago

The BlackBerry: A Canadian Tech Revolution

Before smartphones dominated, Waterloo-based Research In Motion (RIM) created the BlackBerry in 1999. It was the first device to combine email, phone, and messaging seamlessly, shaping mobile communication for years. 📱

🇨🇦 #Canada #TechHistory #Innovation

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/blackberry-limited

Olam News6d ago

AI Boom: Why Did It Take Decades to Finally Arrive?

The recent AI Boom seems sudden, but its foundation was built over decades. Discover the key factors that held it back.

https://www.olamnews.com/technology/ai/2814/why-the-ai-boom-took-decades/

Amato6d ago

RIP to... Dial-up #internet! An incredible achievement and source of everlasting nostalgia for many. #Tech #technews #TechHistory

https://apnews.com/article/aol-dial-up-internet-shuts-down-08162912737f2fb221f10ba87ce5fc41

AOL's dial up internet takes its last bow, marking the end of an era

It’s official: AOL’s dial-up internet has taken its last bow. The company confirmed it would discontinue the service on Tuesday, September 30th, citing routine evaluations of its offerings. Dial-up is no longer advertised on AOL's website, and former help pages related to the service are unavailable. AOL, formerly America Online, introduced many households to the World Wide Web for the first time when its dial-up service launched decades ago. The creaky door to the internet was characterized by a once-ubiquitous series of beeps and buzzes heard over the phone used to connect your computer online. Eventually, broadband and wireless offerings rose to dominance — but some consumers still use other dial-up offerings today.

AP News
Mela News 6d ago

Un prototipo di iPad 2 con soli 8 GB di spazio di archiviazione è stato scoperto. 😮

Originariamente previsto come variante economica, questo modello inedito è stato condiviso da AppleDemoYT. 📱

#iPad #Apple #TechHistory

Xavier Mareca6d ago
On this day in 1985, Microsoft Excel was created and released.
Happy 40th birthday to the spreadsheet that changed the world! 🥳📊
#Excel #Microsoft #Data #Analytics #Productivity #Innovation #Excel40 #TechHistory
Hacker NewsOct 1

A Requiem for a Dying Operating System (1994)

https://user.eng.umd.edu/~blj/funny/requium.html

#HackerNews #ARequiemForADyingOS #DyingOperatingSystem #TechHistory #RetroComputing #SoftwareLegacy

A Requiem for a Dying Operating System

VCF EuropaSep 30

HP 5036A Microprocessor Lab: ein Lehr- und Lerncomputer rund um eine Intel 8085A CPU, tragbar verbaut in einem Aktenkoffer. Wer mehr über den Rechner wissen will, kann im Hewlett Packard Journal vom Oktober 1979 darüber lesen: https://hparchive.com/Journals/HPJ-1979-10.pdf

Das Exemplar auf dem Foto war zu sehen am VCFe 12.0 in München (2011). #VCFe #VCFeHistory #VCFe12.0 #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #techhistory #hp

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Ari [APz] SovijärviSep 27

Does anyone still remember this cursed thing? There was a time when they tried to make reversible USB type A happen. It was just as bad as you'd expect. Back when USB-C was about to debut, a lot of tech news tried to sell this as the Apple's next generation USB connector. I'm glad USB-C game along.

#usb #techhistory #tech

Show threadSudaksis  🔜 BLFCSep 27

@apzpins I still have a couple of those lol

The strangest one was the reversible micro-B end

Show threadAri [APz] SovijärviSep 27

@sudaksis I've never encountered the B variant, what does that even look like?

This one probably puts a lot of stress on the motherboard's end as it's pretty stiff to insert.

Show threadSudaksis  🔜 BLFCSep 27
@apzpins Found the cable
Show threadAri [APz] SovijärviSep 27
@sudaksis That looks the kind of evil thing that has a computer savvy person look at it and going mad trying to decide which way it goes, knowing how easy the micro-B is to ruin.
Show threadlunya :neocat_flag_plural::neobot_floof:Sep 27
@apzpins i have that exact same cable :o

its meant to be revesible?
Show threadAri [APz] SovijärviSep 27
@sleepybisexual Yes, with enough force. I tried it with a crappy USB hub and it seems to work, but the force needed would make me reconsider sticking that into the computer's ports. It seems to put a huge stress on the female connector's plastic part that has the pins.
Show threadlunya :neocat_flag_plural::neobot_floof:Sep 27
@apzpins i just assumed they were shitly made for the sake of cost, thats actually cool tho
Show threadAri [APz] SovijärviSep 27

@sleepybisexual The odd connector instantly caught my eye back in the days, but I had not seen one IRL before that. This one came with JBL Charge 3. The manual seems to fail to mention this "feature" but I have a faith memory that it was in their marketing material around that time.

The speaker itself was a good purchase, I've had it like 8 years and it still runs on batteries just fine, plus the battery can be replaces with moderate work.

Show threadlunya :neocat_flag_plural::neobot_floof:Sep 27
@apzpins mine just came with some set of heasphones, actually, i think that wire is what killed my old powerbank
Show threadLocalGhostSep 27

@apzpins I’m amazed with how many usb mini type b cables and random devices I have.

I’m down to own or two usb type a. But most of
My devices still have ports to support it