The #Atari 1200XL was a 8bit #homecomputer running a #MOS 6502 #CPU at 1.79 MHz. When this beautiful machine was launched in 1983 with 64Kb RAM the price was under thousand dollars, but... https://youtu.be/JyA5tA5mmYY

$omehow, in the #8bitwar the #C64 was much more popular even when specs been almost the same. The difference in #BASIC language was less significant for the success. Most likely that competition was won by #Commodore because Jack Tramiel took the advice of his grandfather so serious.
https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/22449/Atari-1200XL/

#retrocomputer #vector #graphics #vintage #Atari1200XL #8bit #computer #vectorgraphics #svgART #svg #cgi #art #illustration made by #gfkDSGN with #GPL #Inkscape and #FreeSoftware instead of #Adobe #Illustrator #Ai #SaaS #BS

This beautiful #ADM video terminal was designed & developed by Lear Siegler in the 1970s.
Somehow, it looks like the first generation of Apple iMacs with a keyboard attached.

#LSI #SVG #vector #graphic #design #illustration #gfkDSGN #retrocomputer #art #opensource #Inkscape

The #AGC was the best computer #NASA could use on #Apollo missions. So it wasn't just the first #16bit system in space, but on surface of the moon too. Allegedly, #MIT humiliated #IBM developers with that tiny box of electronics.

#SVG #vector #graphic #design #illustration #gfkDSGN #retrocomputer #art #opensource #Inkscape

This isn't our latest #DigitalResearch project, but a graphic tribute to #GaryKildall's software packages of
GEM Desktop and GEM Draw.

#SVG #vector #graphics #retrocomputer #art #opensource #Inkscape #design #illustration #gfkDSGN

#GaryKildall is the real Wizard of #DOS aka CP/M for personal #computers. He developed #GEMdesktop on top of #CPM. #GEMdraw and #GSS-PLOT been ahead of #MacDraw and sh¡t like #MSpaint.

#SVG #vector #graphic #retrocomputer #illustration #gfkDSGN #FOSS #art #Inkscape

Carole Ely & Lore Harp founded #VectorGraphic Inc in California, 1976. Based on #ALTAIR8800 hardware, their Z1 computers supported #CPM #OS and a few derivatives.

#vector #graphic #computer #illustration #IT #history #retrocomputer #SVG #gfkDSGN #FOSS #art #Inkscape

#BillGates aka William (3rd) was behind the first "development" of #MicroSoft: #BASIC

AFAIK it was the last time he worked (as #software #developer not IP pirate). His #openLetter to hobbyists shouldn't be seen as anything else, but #greedy.

#SVG #vector #graphic #design #illustration #gfkDSGN #FOSS #art #Inkscape

Xerox PARC came up with the first computer that had a #GUI #OS, #mouse, #HDD, #ethernet, #email, #emojis, #WYSIWYG, #SuperPaint, #InterPress, and access to a #LaserPrinter.

The #Xerox #Alto #PointView #OperatingSystem was pirated first by #Apple and #Microsoft later.

#SVG #vector #graphic #design #retrocomputer #illustration #gfkDSGN #FOSS #art #Inkscape

This is our #vector #portrait of #RichardStallman back in the days when he promoted #FreeSoftware in offline traffic.

While you can find our variation of the #GNU40 logo as #FSF40 on https://fsf.org - it's not the official version for the big anniversary.

#RMS #SVG #graphic #design #illustration #gfkDSGN #FOSS #art #Inkscape