The BeBox: BeOS Hardware, Photos, and the Apple Deal That Wasn't

｢ Dual-CPU was rare in 1995. If you wanted two processors you needed a server-class motherboard and two physical sockets, a configuration most consumers had never seen and most workstation buyers paid through the nose for ｣

https://www.jdhodges.com/blog/bebox-beautifully-overbuilt-computer/

#beos #retrocomputing #osdev

I just switched the active font on my CGA card, from DOS on my IBM 5150, without any driver or utility.

#retrocomputing #glyphblaster

Für den nächsten Artikel im @redaktion brauche ich ganz besondere Hardware.. 🥸

#RetroComputing #Linux #ThrowbackThursday

Passport turns 10 this year (technically July 12). Time flies when you're cracking.

#AppleII #retrocomputing

#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #search #searchengine #frogfind #omniweb #nextstep #next #nextcube

Catch of the Day: Greetings from the Forefather of the Web! 🧊

Hey Retro Fans!
Hold on to your hats because last night we had a visit from absolute IT royalty on our server. Our bouncer logged this magical combination:

OmniWeb 3.1rc1 on a NeXTSTEP system!

Let that sink in for a moment. NeXTSTEP is the operating system Steve Jobs developed after he (temporarily) left Apple. And even more importantly: It was exactly such a NeXT system (the famous NeXTcube) on which Tim Berners-Lee programmed the very first web server and the first web browser in the world at CERN in 1990!

The fact that someone today is using NeXTSTEP and the legendary OmniWeb browser (which was developed exclusively for this platform in 1995) to find their way onto the modern internet via FrogFind is a goosebump moment for any tech historian. This isn't just retro—this is time travel to the architectural roots of Mac OS X and the World Wide Web itself.

A reverent toast to that magnificent black box cube!
Your FrogFind Team 🐸