Happy 50th, Apple.

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The HP OmniBook 5 Is a MacBook Neo Killer, and It's Only $500

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/hp-omnibook-5-deal-0426/

We have tested UNIX Fourth Edition with SIMH v3.12-5, and it worked!

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https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2026/04/01/unix-fourth-edition-on-simh-v3-12-5/

Technically, I've only been an Apple user for 46 years, but happy birthday to the maker of tools that have served me well for those 46 years (with a little side trip into the C64 realm that's also still a thing). Sure, my first Apple was a clunky thing and writing in Apple Writer I was a weird experience, but it unlocked a lot for me.

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(#Computers) Avec l'acquisition de Bull, l’État français s'offre une bulle de souveraineté

👉 Bull, le Mini-6, les cours de COBOL, tout ça... 😉

🔗 https://www.latribune.fr/article/defense-aerospatiale/defense/46274266448773/avec-lacquisition-de-bull-l-etat-francais-soffre-une-bulle-de-souverainete
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I have been thinking about IT systems and complexity. The systems we have now are very complex and nobody knows how they all work.

Then to handle this complexity and many, many layers, it seems to me the usual solution is to add to the complexity by adding more layers and processing.

Maybe it'd be good to try to reduce the complexity of systems instead of making them more complex?

(Might be just old man yelling at clouds here.)

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DECSYSTEM-20, type of mainframe computer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DECSYSTEM-20

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Toshiba Satellite A series, The Satellite A series was Toshiba Information Systems's premium consumer line of Satellite laptops.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiba_Satellite_A_series

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SO HAPPY tonight!

LG has discontinued the DualUp LCD display ( 28MQ780-B ), it seems, sometime in the last 12 months or so. It is a 28-inch "4K"-class monitor that is nearly square, 2560x2880 in resolution with a 16:18 ( = 8:9 = 4:4.5 ) aspect ratio.

I have this display and it is the best display I have ever used in my life. I use it rotated 90 degree on the Mac, running in a "HiDPI" mode that is effectively 2304x2048, scaled. It looks amazing and is perfect for my needs.

I have used this as the main display on my Mac Studio since 2022. I always intended to buy a spare for when this one dies, but I missed the chance, so I setup an elaborate real-time monitoring system on eBay that has been alerting me the instant one appears on the site. They often go for twice retail or more.

This weekend one appeared that was local, and I talked to the seller and he told me it had only 490 hours on-time (which I've since verified), is flawless, and would meet me for pickup. He actually dropped the price and we did the sale outside of eBay. I paid about $200 over retail.

But, now I have a backup! My square, UNIX-perfect system can live on well beyond what it might otherwise have.

Bizarre source of excitement - but I'm so happy right now.

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