Tag: informática

Claude Shannon, el genial matemático que inventó la era digital (y luego se retiró a su \"cuarto de juguetes\")
Enviado por FabioSus huellas están en cada dispositivo electrónico que poseemos, en cada pantalla de computadora que miramos, en cada medio de comunicación digital. 11/02/25 | hace 10 días | www.bbc.com
A quick look at OS/2's builtin virtualization
Enviado por FabioA while ago, someone on the fediverse mentioned "OS/2's virtualization features" to me. I don't remember who it was, sorry. I had the chance to take a look at this today. ... 19/12/24 | hace 65 días | www.uninformativ.de

My new POWER Indigo 2
Enviado por FabioThis is a Silicon Graphics workstation from 1995. Specifically, it is an \'Teal\' Indigo 2 (as opposed to a \'Purple\' Indigo 2, which came later). Ordinarily that\'s rare enough - these things were... 25/11/24 | hace 88 días | thejpster.org.uk

1950s Sci-Fi Style Computers, Powered by a Z80, Built in Holland
Enviado por FabioBetween 1980 and 1983, a little company in The Netherlands built the “Holborn” series of computers… which can best be described as “1950s sci-fi… powered by a Z80”. 10/05/24 | hace 288 días | lunduke.locals.com

Apple's mission to make the Mac safer is slowly destroying it
Enviado por FabioOverzealous security measures are ruining the simplicity of the macOS experience. 12/10/23 | hace 498 días | www.macworld.com

Cómo funcionaba la informática de la central nuclear de Chernóbil: el ordenador SKALA y otra tecnología que hoy resulta muy «del pasado»
Enviado por FabioEn este vídeo del canal Chornobyl Family puede disfrutarse del trabajo de seis meses de Alex y Michaela, dos entusiastas de la retroinformática de Ucrania y Eslovaquia. Llevan años visitado la... 28/09/23 | hace 512 días | www.microsiervos.com

NuXT 2.0 Motherboard - A New 8088 Motherboard for your DIY PC Clone
Enviado por FabioIn the recent past I have discussed the Book 8088 and the Hand 386, which are newly made vintage computing systems. I concluded that those products, although not uninteresting were rather flawed. ... 12/09/23 | hace 529 días | nerdlypleasures.blogspot.com
The IBM mainframe: How it runs and why it survives
Enviado por FabioIn this deep-dive explainer, we look at a big-business mainstay. 27/07/23 | hace 576 días | arstechnica.com

2,200 Forgotten Vintage Computers Are Being Liberated From a Barn in Massachusetts
Enviado por FabioThe NABU Network was an obscure, forgotten part of Canadian tech history—until the day the internet noticed that thousands of NABU machines were being sold on eBay at rock-bottom prices. 29/06/23 | hace 604 días | www.vice.com

La máquina más importante nunca construida — Cuaderno de Cultura Científica
Enviado por FabioLa máquina de Turing es la prueba de que hacer preguntas fundamentales puede ser una de las cosas más útiles que puede hacer un científico 10/05/23 | hace 653 días | culturacientifica.com

iAPX432 : Gordon Moore, Risk and Intel’s Super-CISC failure
Enviado por FabioThe legacy of Intel\'s over-ambitious 32-bit \'micromainframe\' failure. 04/04/23 | hace 689 días | thechipletter.substack.com

Commodore 64 Power Supplies: Patient Killers of Vintage Computers
Enviado por FabioThe original Commodore 64 power supplies are the ticking timebombs of your Commodore hardware collection. The 5-volt DC output of these power bricks tend to increase over time, eventually damaging... 27/02/23 | hace 725 días | www.obliterator918.com