In 1994, the Pentium was the hottest CPU around. The problem was it couldn't divide accurately. A mathematics professor discovered the bug June 13, 1994, and the resulting recall cost Intel $475 million. #retrocomputing https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-pentium-fdiv-bug-and-recall/

One of the biggest names in PC clones in 1983 was Eagle Computer. Tragically their CEO, Commodore alumnus Dennis Barnhart, died in a car crash the day of their IPO and things started going wrong from there. #retrocomputing https://dfarq.homeip.net/eagle-computer-the-rise-and-fall-of-an-early-pc-clone/

42 years ago today, Coleco unveiled its ill-fated Adam computer. It was a good value for the money but they couldn't build it in sufficient quantities and quality control issues ran rampant. It only lasted 24 months on the market. #retrocomputing https://dfarq.homeip.net/coleco-adam-computer/

It wasn't the biggest CRT ever made. But if you wanted big time TV in June 1978 and had big time money ($2800) to spend, the GE Widescreen 1000 was the thing to get. Imagine playing Space Invaders on this! #RetroGaming https://dfarq.homeip.net/ge-widescreen-1000/

The Intel 8088 made its debut 47 years ago this week. In this blog post, we look at the 8088 and its sanctioned second source clones, and why Intel sanctioned clones in those early days. #retrocomputing https://dfarq.homeip.net/intel-8088s-and-non-intel-non-clones/

42 years ago today, the first Babbage's location opened in Dallas. 11 years later, it was operating 320 stores in 40 states plus Puerto Rico and Canada. #retrocomputing #retrogaming https://dfarq.homeip.net/babbages-remembered/

43 years ago this week, Electronic Arts was founded. And it started out as a very different kind of games company, one that treated programmers like artists when other publishers treated them like assembly line workers. #retrocomputing #retrogaming https://dfarq.homeip.net/electronic-arts-founded-may-28-1982/

On this day in 1988, Digital Research released DR DOS, its own souped up MS-DOS compatible operating system for IBM PCs. It would have been the revenge of CP/M if all had gone to plan. #retrocomputing https://dfarq.homeip.net/dr-dos-revenge-of-cp-m/

It was 30 years ago today that Microsoft decided this Internet thing was for real and they needed to take it seriously. Bill Gates' memo, titled the Internet Tidal Wave, changed the company's direction. #retrocomputing https://dfarq.homeip.net/bill-gates-internet-tidal-wave-microsoft-memo/

13 years ago this week, HP ended its use of the Compaq name, bringing an end to a storied PC brand that had once led the industry. This blog post looks back at the HP-Compaq merger and what went wrong. #retrocomputing https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-ill-fated-hp-compaq-merger/