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Burroughs TD700 Self-Scan early gas plasma display screen, with control unit and keyboard, Design Level 4 c1973.
kids learning goto statements in basic ;) (eng: "you can't use it - you can't use it - you can't use it" ...)
King of all gaming platforms. Custom vector display (not raster, like every other screen you're likely to encounter these days), with colourful overlays. An arcade machine that fit under your bed, and a gaming collector's holy grail.
The Apple IIc, the fourth model in the Apple II series of personal computers, was Apple Computer’s first endeavor to produce a portable computer. The end result was a luggable 7.5 lb (3.4 kg) notebook-sized version of the Apple II that could easily be transported from place to place.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_IIc
Retrocomputing (a portmanteau of retro and computing) is the use of early computer hardware and software today. Retrocomputing is usually classed as a hobby and recreation rather than a practical application of technology; enthusiasts often collect rare and valuable hardware and software for sentimental reasons. However some do make use of it.[1] Retrocomputing often gets its start when a computer user realizes that expensive fantasy systems like IBM Mainframes, DEC Superminis, SGI workstations and Cray Supercomputers have become affordable on the used computer market, usually in a relatively short time after the computers' era of use.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrocomputing
Con il termine retrocomputing si indica una attività di "archeologia informatica" che consiste nel reperire, specialmente a costi minimi, computer di vecchie generazioni, che hanno rappresentato fasi importanti dell'evoluzione tecnologica, ripararli se sono danneggiati, metterli nuovamente in funzione e preservarli.
Arduino UNO provides 6 bit data and the necessary handshaking logic for a vintage Burroughs SSD0132-0040 Self-Scan gas plasma display c.1976. The row of LED blinky lights, aside from being mesmerizing, shows the state of the interface logic with delays built into the sketch to help diagnostics (on my first attempt I had the 6 data bits in reverse order). This pic shows clearly the dot matrix pattern making up each character.
This was my first computer. It was in constant use from 1986 until 1994. I learned to program on it.
The Macintosh Plus computer was the third model in the Macintosh line, introduced on January 16, 1986, two years after the original Macintosh and a little more than a year after the Macintosh 512K, with a price tag of US$2599.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_Plus
Retrocomputing (a portmanteau of retro and computing) is the use of early computer hardware and software today. Retrocomputing is usually classed as a hobby and recreation rather than a practical application of technology; enthusiasts often collect rare and valuable hardware and software for sentimental reasons. However some do make use of it.[1] Retrocomputing often gets its start when a computer user realizes that expensive fantasy systems like IBM Mainframes, DEC Superminis, SGI workstations and Cray Supercomputers have become affordable on the used computer market, usually in a relatively short time after the computers' era of use.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrocomputing
Con il termine retrocomputing si indica una attività di "archeologia informatica" che consiste nel reperire, specialmente a costi minimi, computer di vecchie generazioni, che hanno rappresentato fasi importanti dell'evoluzione tecnologica, ripararli se sono danneggiati, metterli nuovamente in funzione e preservarli.
The IBM PC XT (Extended Technology) from 1983. Machine type was first 5160. The IBM XT computer has 128 KB RAM, a 360 KB double-sided 5¼ inch floppy disk drive and a 10 MB Seagate ST-412 hard drive. The motherboard has an Intel 8088 microprocessor running at 4.77 MHz.
Hailing from 1977, this was the infamous computer that you could kill by writing the wrong value to the wrong part of memory (it'd kill the video circuitry).
Running an 1802 machine code routine using EF1 sync (not interrupts) to display 36 characters from a message buffer.
Macintosh IIsi (M0360) with Macintosh Color Display (M1212), AppleDesign Keyboard (M2980) and MacAlly mouse. Installed System 7.1.
If only it had a proper keyboard and a storage device other than Sir Clive Sinclair's microdrives (i.e. short loops of audio tape in a little pack about the size of a CF card, read by cassette players with delusions of grandeur).
Burroughs TD700 Self-Scan early gas plasma display screen and keyboard, Design Level 4 c1973. The keyboard is partially working, I suspect a logic issue on the bottom two rows.
The "£" symbol above the letter "E" and the small "Shift Lock" & "Tab" keys in place of a large "Tab" key mark this as a UK "data preparation" variant.
Litronix DL2416T: a four digit display module wilh16 bar segments plus a decimal and a built-in CMOS integrated circuit.
The integrated circuit contains memory, latched ASCII character
generator, multiplexing circuitry and drivers. Data entry is
asynchronous and can be random.
The Indy, code-named "Guinness", is a low-end workstation introduced on 12 July 1993. Developed and manufactured by Silicon Graphics Incorporated (SGI), it was the result of their attempt to obtain a share of the low-end computer-aided design (CAD) market, which was dominated at the time by other workstation vendors; and the desktop publishing and multimedia markets, which were mostly dominated at the time by Apple Computer. It was discontinued on 30 June 1997 and support ended on 31 December 2011.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGI_Indy
Retrocomputing (a portmanteau of retro and computing) is the use of early computer hardware and software today. Retrocomputing is usually classed as a hobby and recreation rather than a practical application of technology; enthusiasts often collect rare and valuable hardware and software for sentimental reasons. However some do make use of it.[1] Retrocomputing often gets its start when a computer user realizes that expensive fantasy systems like IBM Mainframes, DEC Superminis, SGI workstations and Cray Supercomputers have become affordable on the used computer market, usually in a relatively short time after the computers' era of use.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrocomputing
Con il termine retrocomputing si indica una attività di "archeologia informatica" che consiste nel reperire, specialmente a costi minimi, computer di vecchie generazioni, che hanno rappresentato fasi importanti dell'evoluzione tecnologica, ripararli se sono danneggiati, metterli nuovamente in funzione e preservarli.