Mastodawn

ITs History!Mar 27, 2025

#IBMcompatible wasn't de facto standard for many years because of it's unique components, outstanding #IBMDOS, or impressive performance.
https://youtu.be/-WwWfAKsS4w

Let's forget that only four decades earlier they've made giant profits with #IBM405 #tabulators in every #Nazi #concentrationcamp, at least for a moment. Then all #antifascists have to #NeverAgain, again and #NeverForget why that corporation is on the #BDS list.
https://IBMandtheholocaust.com/

Unfortunately, the irony of #PC5150 parallels with the movie #Charade are only easy to spot for #Hollywood #copyright layers and computer #geeks with a soft spot for #history.
https://youtu.be/VhGNhwOtbVs

DOCUMENTARY: Why and How IBM ended up creating the PC (and ended up choosing the 8088 CPU)

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Daniele Verducci 🧉Jan 24, 2025

Trying to boot #elks #linux on my 8088 #portable #computer with 640k ram and 720k #floppydisk ( #amstrad #ppc640 )

...it's not going well D:
It's searching files over the end of the disk ?!?

#retrocomputing #unix #ibmpc #ibmcompatible

Sinclair-Speccy Jan 5, 2025

#Tech #Computer #RetroTech #Retro #RetroTechnology #RetroComputers #VintageComputer #RetroComputing #Magazine #CEEDATA #System8500 #IBMCompatible

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false prophet

Aug 4, 2024

this is so #true #microsoft and their #msdos are a stain on the #IBMcompatible ecosystem we all need to #switch to #gnu #hurd i also think we need to go back to #realmode instead of this so called #protectedmode because we need to #KeepItReal with our #computers whos with me

#foss #floss #security #computer

🔏 Matthias Wiesmann Jul 3, 2024

I remembered alt + digits was the trick to type stuff not present on the keyboard on PC machines. What I did not realise was that:

* It had to be the keypad (I always used the keypad, just never thought about it).
* This logic was built into the BIOS (again, it makes sense, I just never thought about it).

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20240702-00/?p=109951

#retrocomputing #ibmcompatible

The history of Alt+number sequences, and why Alt+9731 sometimes gives you a heart and sometimes a snowman - The Old New Thing

Code pages and custom keyboard handling.

The Old New Thing

The VintNerd Dec 21, 2023

They DO Exist! Atari PC, or now called Atari PC1. An 8088 IBM Compatible PC 😱

#Atari #AtariPC #AtariPC1 #8Bit #8088CPU #IBMCompatible #AtariST #MEGAST #16Bit #PizzaBox #VintageComputing #RetroComputers #RetroGaming #WallOfRetro #NerdsOfVintage #HappyNerding #TheVintNerd

Shred Oct 14, 2023

Well, that should do for a while. 😅 I shot a bundle of old EPROMs at fleaBay. Far more than I had expected.

Question to my #RetroPC bubble: Most of them seem to contain the #BIOS of PCs around the #i386 age. Is it worth the effort to preserve the binaries, before erasing and cleaning the EPROMs?

#retro #retrocomputing #ibmcompatible