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Do you ever sit at your 1981 vintage IBM PC and get the urge to pop onto that newfangled ‘WWW’ to stay up to date on all the goings-on in the world? Fret not, because [Al’s Geek L… ...
By now, [CuriousMarc] and his team of volunteers are well versed in 1960s hardware restoration. So when a vintage IBM I/O Tester came into their possession, a full machine makeover was all but inev… ...
They use vintage IBM keyboards. Ugly, built like tanks, and, most importantly, with a spring under each key, and which clicks when you press it. Technology. Old-School Keyboard Makes Comeback Of ...
As The Register put it, "The OG of IBM clicky keyboards is the Model F, but as they are now over 40 years old, they're even more scarce [than Model M keyboards]. And there's worse news. If you can ...
One of those companies was IBM. The original x86 PC was a project that was turned around inside of a year by a small team within IBM, and a decision to use an "open" architecture (not in the ...
A hobbyist software developer and retro computing enthusiast has accomplished an impressive feat by bridging the gap between ChatGPT and the vintage IBM PC-XT computer, which released all the way back ...
While cleaning out the garage of an elderly friend who died recently, what did I find under a pile of 1967 Playboys but a typewriter. It wasn't just any typewriter but a vintage IBM Selectric II.
The choice was vintage IBM, which has had only nine CEOs in its 100-year history; all but one were longtime insiders.
I also have a small collection of vintage IBM ThinkPads. I honestly don't know why; I like them. Q: You can dine with three people, alive or dead (and COVID-19 safely), who are they and why?