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29 years ago today, AMD released its K5 CPU. K stood for Kryptonite because it was supposed to be a Pentium killer. But its clock speed didn't scale high enough and it quickly gave way to the much more successful K6. #RetroComputing #AMDHistory #K5CPU #TechThrowback dfarq.homeip.net/amd-k5-cpu-no

The Silicon Underground · AMD K5 CPU: Not quite what AMD hopedBy the time the K5 started to reach its potential, the K6 was ready to go

26 years ago today, the Melissa virus introduced itself, clogging Microsoft Exchange servers with e-mail messages promising racy attachments. Melissa was named for a dancer the virus author met in a Florida nightclub. #RetroComputing #VirusHistory #TechThrowback dfarq.homeip.net/the-melissa-v

The Silicon Underground · The Melissa virus of 1999The guy whose AOL account was in the From: field got the virus at work too