Hi everyone,

I created Retro Computers to help grow a community here on Lemmy. I am excited to be part of a new growth and also a bit sad to see Reddit fall. I hope everyone enjoys their stay!

• Henry

Kind of amazing that this photo is from 1973:

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/1105841

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In the 80s, everyone probably loved the good old MS-DOS, but it was clear it needed an upgrade. Let's have a look at how Microsoft and IBM tackled this annoying issue; is their new OS/2 the answer to all of their problems, or is it too good to be true?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/833791

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I like the hacked breadboards so far. I made a sloppy super-breadboard. I should have glued it before soldering but was worried the glue might make it into the slots with the metal contacts. I also broke up the internal rails and labeled so that 8b data and 16b address all exist on the same set of 4 power rails.

I think I am having an issue with either some crossed wires or how Bus Request works with the Z80 versus how the Bus Enable of the 65x chips work. I think one or all may have some type of routine that does not high-z the buses immediately... a problem for tomorrow.

What if you used a late 80s Unix system for your job or university, but still wanted a nice and pretty GUI to use? Well then, let’s discover a nice selection of window managers and graphical user interfaces that will make your boring installation look awesome!