Hacker News with Generative AI: Vintage Computing

More pro for the DEC Professional 380 (featuring PRO/VENIX) (blogspot.com)
This particular unit is one of the few artifacts I have left from a massive DEC haul almost twelve years ago. It runs PRO/VENIX, the only official DEC Unix option for the Pros, but in its less common final release (we'll talk about versions of Venix).
Vintage Computing, Operating Systems, DEC, Unix
52 points by classichasclass 17 days ago | 9 comments
Computer Graphics Archaeology: The HP 9845C Demo (2013) (socks-studio.com)
The Hp 9845C , introduced in 1981, was the top-of-the-line model of the 9845 series, it was the very first HP computer supporting color and it was capable of tremendous computer graphics.
Computer Graphics, History, Technology, Hardware, Vintage Computing
14 points by Michelangelo11 114 days ago | 5 comments
The upside-down capacitor in mid-'90s Macs, proven and documented by hobbyists (arstechnica.com)
"Am I the first person to discover this?" is a tricky question when it comes to classic Macs, some of the most pored-over devices on the planet. But there's a lot to suggest that user paul.gaastra, on the 68kMLA vintage Mac forum, has been right for more than a decade: One of the capacitors on the Apple mid-'90s Mac LC III was installed backward due to faulty silkscreen printing on the board.
Hardware, Apple, Macintosh, Vintage Computing
4 points by Brajeshwar 123 days ago | 1 comments
Old Vintage Computing Research: Dusting Off Dreamcast Linux (blogspot.com)
Yes, here at Old VCR we live in the past, when RISC Unix workstations still ruled the earth like large boxy tentaculous Cthulhus.
Vintage Computing, Linux, Dreamcast, Operating Systems, Retro Computing
163 points by rbanffy 138 days ago | 30 comments
What we can learn from vintage computing (github.com/readme)
Vintage Computing, Programming, History, Technology
86 points by ibobev 215 days ago | 36 comments
IBM 7090 Mainframe Computer in auction by Christies (christies.com)
IBM, Auctions, Vintage Computing, Technology, History
16 points by zitterbewegung 223 days ago | 1 comments
Pretty pictures, bootable floppy disks, and the first Canon Cat demo? (blogspot.com)
Vintage Computing, History, Retro Technology, Photography
51 points by classichasclass 262 days ago | 2 comments
Ask HN: Where to sell vintage computers? (ycombinator.com)
Vintage Computing, Hardware, Sales, Marketplaces
33 points by ipaddr 275 days ago | 46 comments
Investigating SSMEC's (State Micro) 486s with the UCA (x86.fr)
Computer Hardware, CPUs, Vintage Computing
57 points by apple4ever 278 days ago | 9 comments