Charlie Stross2d ago

RE: https://vox.ominous.net/@occult/116103841606429399

I miss the future.

Show threadRobert Petersen 
@cstross the future was better when it was 8Bit
Mar 21 at 10:13amWeb
Show threadJdeBP2d ago

@Sonikku

Although that *is* #UnixWorld magazine from 1985. It was thoroughly 16-bit, starting with Xenix/286 on its front cover and continuing with an MC68000-based HP supermicro. One of the articles was even about running stuff on a 32-bit AT&T 3B2.

@cstross
#Unix #InstructionSetArchitecture #ComputingHistory #retrocomputing

Show threadRobert Petersen 2d ago
@JdeBP @cstross at the time he posted the subtoot hadn’t yet popped in
Show threadCharlie Stross2d ago
@JdeBP @Sonikku Little known fact: I assembled the release notes for the last ever release of Xenix/386, version 2.3.4 IIRC (to the best of my knowledge—unless someone other than SCO kept developing a fork after 1991).