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Update zur historischen Mailboxkarte: Inzwischen sind es Boxen aus 78 Listen (Danke!)
Die Karten und Wände aus Text zum Drucken oder als Bildschirmhintergrund gibts hier (CC)
Here’s a collection of 1970s mainframe appearances. “Birds of Prey” has an IBM System/360 model 40, “The Kentucky Fried Movie” has a Burroughs B220 and the first episode of “Man from Atlantis” has IBM AN/FSQ-7 panels. Finally, “Poliziotto senza paura” sees the Siemens 7.700 make its Starring-the-Computer debut.
Sun Ray 2FS, part four: VNC, or the joy of more than 256 colours
Previously, on Behind the Console
In part one, a Sun Ray 2FS came back to life on Oracle Linux 6. Part two established that nothing newer will ever run Sun Ray Software, so the modern web has to come from somewhere e
Sun Ray 2FS, part three: a Debian 13 desktop in 256 glorious colours
Previously, on Behind the Console
In part one, a Sun Ray 2FS came back to life on Oracle Linux 6. In part two, we worked out that nothing newer than Oracle Linux 6 will ever run Sun Ray Softwa
Sun Ray 2FS, part two: can it go modern, and can it do YouTube?
Where we left off
In part one, a Sun Ray 2FS came back from the dead: Oracle Linux 6.10, Sun Ray Software 5.4, a Proxmox VM and a heroic quantity of 32-bit libraries. One question was still open at the end. Would t
Reviving a SunRay2FS
What this is about
A Sun Ray 2FS will still serve up a full GNOME desktop in 2026, provided you give it the server it remembers from its youth: Oracle Linux 6.10 with Sun Ray Software 5.4, here tucked into a Proxmox VM. It’s entirely doable. It’s also a bit like an escape room designed by someone w
Cray Y MP EL replicas
Demnächst bin ich mal wieder unterwegs auf Messen und Workshops. Und da ich dort hoffentlich auch neue Leute kennenlerne bringe ich mal ein paar Giveaways mit.
5 CRAY Y MP EL replicas and the CRAY Logo on a galaxy background
Frisch aus dem 3d-Drucker und auch mit einem NFC-Chip versehen, fünf
#FotoVorschlag ‘Aufkleber’
#NeXT Stickers. Steve Jobs had this idea also with his other company :)
#FotoVorschlag ‘Aufkleber’
The #Y2K sticker on one of your #Cray computer. Someone had a lot of fun with the color matching, not.
A green sticker on a magenta colored background reading:
Y2K - This Hardware Has PASSED Y2K Validation
Date: 5/5/99
By: Jed
Property# of this device 925663
EPA Enterprise Technology Services Division
In drei Wochen ist schon das VCFB 2026!
Wir haben die Anmeldefrist nochmal bis zum 30. September verlängert und freuen uns über weitere Einreichungen, insbesondere zum Thema Open Source. Auch Open Hardware ist gerne gesehen!
Hier geht es zur Anmeldung: vcfb.de/2026/…
#fotoVorschlag Dinge die mit H beginnen.
DEUTSCHE HOLLERITH MASCHINEN GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H. BERLIN
IBM - Handlocher Modell 011
Baujahr 1920
Read the story about how the NEC V20 microcode was decoded.
#RetroComputing Meetup @cbase@chaos.social
Freitag, 04.09. ab 20 Uhr
in der c-base, Rungestraße 20, 10179 Berlin
Offener #VintageComputing Stammtisch
Bei einem Getränk reden wir über Themen von #Zuse bis #Amiga, egal ob #Atari, #Commodore, #Apple oder #PDP8-#PDP11 - Hauptsache alte Rechner
