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Dieses Jahr im Sommer hatte ich ja einen Amiga 500 übernommen, nebst einem großen Karton Disketten und Zubehör. Mit in der Kiste: eine Dose Energy-Drink, originalverpackt. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #amiga

Somebody built a searchable and browsable BYTE magazine archive with all single pages on one single web page. I think, this is a very nice way of visualising a magazine archive. Enjoy: #vintagecomputing

"Vielfädige Architekturen" – Es dauerte ein paar Takte, ehe ich dahinter kam, dass es um Multithreading geht. Das Buch ist von 1993, da hat man auch in der Informatik noch allerlei eingedeutscht. #vintagecomputing

Bycatch on my recent tour by car throughout Bavaria: a Sun Ultra 1 workstation. It's probably in a non repairable state, but anyway very eye candy just sitting in the shelf. The Ultra 1 was the very first Sun workstation with a 64-bit SPARC processor (UltraSPARC, sun4u Architecture), market introduction November 1995. #vintagecomputing

The i-telex people also provide a printed numbers directory for participants of their network. Note the date, it’s from July 2025.
Real communication makes noise.
#vintagecomputing #retrocomputing

Ich kaufe viele Alteisenbücher (zwangsweise) antiquarisch. Häufig bekommt man da ehemalige Bibliotheksexemplare, öfter auch mal Bücher mit Widmung (immer zufällig, darauf lege ich keinen Wert). Ich habe sogar welche mit einer Widmung des Autors bzw. der Autorin. Bisher genau einmal in meinem Alteisenregal habe ich ein offenbar verschenktes Buch mitsamt zugehörigem Dankesschreiben (nebst Rechtschreibfehlern).

»In der Bundesrepublik Deutschland verhinderte die Gebührenpolitik der Bundespost das Aufkommen von Time-sharing-Rechenzentren. Der Erwerb einer eigenen kleinen Rechenanlage war für viele Firmen billiger, als es die Leitungskosten zu einem Rechenzentrum waren.«
Aus: Werner Heine – Die Hacker (Rowohlt Taschenbuch, 1985)
#vintagecomputing

SGI once had an espresso machine (SGI Espressigo), Commodore is providing proper coffee mugs. Seen last weekend at Classic Computing 2025 in Hof (Germany). #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing

Mark your calendar! Next year Classic Computing will be from October 8th to 11th, 2026. See you in Celle then. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025

Fernschreiben ist einfach. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025 #classiccomputing

I really like the 1980ies orange/brown design of Siemens industrial devices. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025

Fund aus der Grabbelkiste. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025 #classiccomputing

C64 DIY Multimedia Extension 😆 #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025

Somehow by accident I adopted a pet project for some long and cold winter evenings from @…. First, case and keyboard will need some attention. And yes, it came together with a (working) power supply, joysticks, a few books and a big cardboard box full of floppy disks. #vintagecomputing

The Commodore Amiga A1000 turned 40 recently. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025

Bei @… wird gecybert. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing

Aristo tabletop pocket calculator. It was used in schools to teach the usage of pocket calculators. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025

„Die leistungsfähige Arbeitsmethode für Ingenieure“
Es ist eine Werbebroschüre für eine PDP-8/e. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025

Programming a PDP-8 with a Teletype Writer. Please note the coordinated color scheme of the PDP with the programmers shirt. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025

"Mistrust Authority –
Promote Decentralization."
READY.
▌
–Steven Levy
Seen at Classic Computing 2025, Hof, Germany. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing

"Programming SCI Clusters Using Parallel CORBA Objects"
That's the title of one of the papers in the book "SCI: Scalable Coherent Interface" and pretty much everything in this title is vintage. #vintagecomputing #hpc

Real communication makes noise.
#vintagecomputing #retrocomputing

Atari TT oder Audi TT? #vintagecomputing #justthinkin

»The new Unix, called OSF I, has been delayed considerably, and its user-interface is called OSF/Motif, which is in direct conflict with AT&T's Unix interface called Open Look.«
Found in an article about the state of Unix in "Your Computer", issue June 1990.
#vintagecomputing

«How to Write a Computer Manual» found by accident on one of my many wanderings through the internet. The half-title says “Jonathan Price and the staff of the User Education Group in the Apple II Division of Apple Computer, Inc.” The book was released in 1984. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing

»DOS already represents a foretaste of hell to many ordinary computer users, so they will probably have no difficulty restraining their enthusiasm for something which is two orders of magnitude more complicated than DOS.«
Found in a column/rant on Unix in "Your Computer" issue June 1990. #vintagecomputing

»Friends who use Unix tell me that it is a much more ›interactive‹ way of communicating with a computer, and thus much more appropriate to the PC era than, say, IBM JCL was. (I realise that ›JCL‹ is an unknown term – church elders and other geriatric types wiil be happy to explain it, and happy that you asked them.)«
Source: Your Computer, issue June 1990.
#vintagecomputing

Remember the Commodore Amiga A500 I've got from @… recently? After carefully checking all the power supply voltages a few days ago, today I tried a first power-on. And well … it could have been worse 🙂 Looks like it's worth to invest more time on restauration. #vintagecomputing

Home automation for sure is as old as microcomputers and home computers are.
Found in "Interface Age", issue June 1979: #vintagecomputing

C64 family. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025 #classiccomputing

Handheld gaming consoles. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025 #classiccomputing

Wang tabletop computers. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025 #classiccomputing

Papertrail, sort of. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025 #classiccomputing

Sharp Pocket Computers. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025 #classiccomputing