My first operating system was CP/M. An operating system created in 1974 by Gary Kildall, the founder of Digital Research. Few people knows who was Gary Kildall (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Kildall) and his CPM (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CP/M).
Apple and Microsoft have taken the history for them..
I'm still trying to get my head around the fact that a Heathkit H11 was really a DEC PDP11 in disguise.
On sales on #GOG at $2.99
Heretic + Hexen Collection includes:
- Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders
- HeXen: Beyond Heretic
- HeXen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel
- HeXen II
https://www.gog.com/en/game/heretic_hexen_collection
#games #gaming #videogames #videogaming
#retrogames #retrogaming #DOSgaming #DOSGames #PCGaming #MSDOS #retrocomputing #oldcomputers
Don't Throw Away Your Old Laptop
https://libre2.news.blog/2025/04/08/dont-throw-away-your-old-laptop
I can hardly explain just how crazy warp speed this is to me. I started on my 1200 baud modem, lived through the 'what even is 56k spec'.
Meet Kevin Shwedo, Executive Director of the SCDMV. He made a very passionate speech to get the funds to upgrade this department's 1990's era computer system!
#SouthCarolina #SCPol #SCPolitics #SCDMV #DMV #passion #OldComputers
Huh, so that file I was looking for all afternoon wasn't on any of the old computers at all. It was on my current machine, in the folder it would have been expected to be in.
Seems I forgot I did the work on this computer. Well at least I gain current knowledge of what boots and which drives still work right?
Digged (almost literally) another Old Laptop out of my folks' place that was missing for a good 8 years or so.
As expected, everything in it still works, but the OS needed a makeover. #AlpineLinux it is. Life at sub-GB RAM with it is amazing.
New friend arrived. This is gonna be a nice weekend project.
I plan to put a CompactFlash card or two in it as storage, install Solaris, and then if I'm lucky maybe I can get my SUNPCi card working and run Windows 95 in a window on the desktop.