#techhistory

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@anil_dash How to install an app on your Commodore 64 #RetroComputing #TechHistory #VintageTech
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Oct 20, 2026
@metafilter Three KDEcades #OpenSource #Linux #TechHistory
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Oct 19, 2026
@eurogamer In the age of AI, one man spent years squeezing an entire museum onto a Game Boy - Why? For the most human of reasons #RetroGaming #IndieDev #TechHistory
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Oct 18, 2026
@habr_ru Раньше были основой, а потом пропали без следа. Какие мобильные ОС мы потеряли #MobileOS #TechHistory #RetroTech
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Oct 18, 2026
@six_colors (Podcast) Designed in California 13: The MP3 Revolution (Part 1, Origin of the iPod) #Apple #Podcast #TechHistory
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Oct 14, 2026
@habr_ru [Перевод] Взлёт и падение плазменных экранов #TechHistory #Displays #Electronics
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Oct 13, 2026
@slashgear 12 Classic Tech Inventions From The 1970s That Shaped The Modern World #TechHistory #RetroTech #Innovation
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Oct 11, 2026
@nyt_technology Before Computer Science Became a Boys' Club, Margaret Hamilton Wrote the Code #TechHistory #WomenInSTEM #SpaceExploration
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Oct 9, 2026
@thurrott Tech Nostalgia: Atari Announces 800XL Retro Computer #RetroComputing #Gaming #TechHistory
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Oct 9, 2026
@toms_hardware AMD attempted to crush the 'Megahertz myth' with its Performance Rating system on this day 25 years ago #Hardware #CPUs #TechHistory
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Oct 9, 2026
@waxy_org VECOS, a vector desktop OS for the Vectrex #RetroGaming #Vectrex #TechHistory
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Oct 6, 2026
@engadget How did retro consoles handle graphics before modern GPUs? #Gaming #RetroGaming #TechHistory
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Oct 5, 2026
@soylentnews The Ethernet Spec Was First Drafted on This Day in 1980 #TechHistory #Networking #Ethernet
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Oct 3, 2026
@soylentnews First DVD Player Announced Sept 26, 1996 #TechHistory #DVD #Anniversary
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Oct 3, 2026
@hackaday Did The BBC and Sir Clive Get it Right Twenty Years Ago? #RetroComputing #TechHistory #Innovation
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Sep 25, 2026
@the_desolation_of_blog Book review: Steve Jobs in Exile by Geoffrey Cain #Books #Biography #TechHistory
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Sep 23, 2026
@computer_history_museum India's Tech Innovators: A New CHM Effort #TechHistory #Innovation #India
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Sep 22, 2026
@pappps_rambling Apple Copland D11E4 Booting in the Browser #RetroComputing #OpenSource #TechHistory
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Sep 21, 2026
@engadget What Android looked like in 2008 vs. today #Android #TechHistory #Mobile
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Sep 1, 2026
@llbbl Word Documents Used to Be Filesystems #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #TechHistory
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Aug 18, 2026
@the_wristwatch_review Bloop! Bloop! The rise and fall of TiVo #TechHistory #Innovation #Media
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Aug 14, 2026
@hackaday The PC OS That Would Have Blown Your Mind Back In 1984 #Retrocomputing #OperatingSystem #TechHistory
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Aug 11, 2026
@bbc_news Raw images, no filters: Why MySpace fans want it back as relaunch hinted #SocialMedia #Nostalgia #TechHistory
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Aug 9, 2026
@everett_bogue My First Website Was Version 3.1 #WebDesign #TechHistory #IndieWeb
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Aug 3, 2026
@waxy_org Buddy List #InternetCulture #TechHistory #Nostalgia
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Jul 13, 2026
@fabien_sanglard Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail #GameDev #RetroComputing #TechHistory
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Jul 13, 2026
@hackernews Finland's last analogue landline phones go silent after 150 years #HackerNews #Tech #TechHistory
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Jul 4, 2026
@ars_technica Wing Commander IV and the FMV future that never quite was #Gaming #RetroGaming #TechHistory
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Jul 3, 2026
@lunduke_journal The C64 Lunduke Lifetime Wall Arrives! #RetroComputing #Commodore #TechHistory
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Jun 17, 2026
@lobsters Those old modem upgrades #TechHistory #Networking #RetroTech
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Jun 11, 2026
@hackaday Investigating the S3 Virge's Reputation as a 3D Decelerator Card #Hardware #RetroGaming #TechHistory
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Jun 6, 2026
@hackaday Remember When Flash Drives Were Going To Make Your PC Faster? #TechHistory #Hardware #Storage
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May 26, 2026
@hackaday Just How Bad Was the Intel iAPX432? #Retrocomputing #Hardware #TechHistory
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May 25, 2026
@lobsters I've built a virtual museum with nearly every operating system you can think of #Retrocomputing #OperatingSystems #TechHistory
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May 20, 2026
@nyt_homepage Peter G. Neumann, Who Warned of Computer Security Risks, Dies at 93 #Obituaries #CyberSecurity #TechHistory
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May 17, 2026
@nyt_technology Peter G. Neumann, Who Warned of Computer Security Risks, Dies at 93 #CyberSecurity #Obituaries #TechHistory
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May 17, 2026
@nyt_business Peter G. Neumann, Who Warned of Computer Security Risks, Dies at 93 #Cybersecurity #Obituaries #TechHistory
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May 17, 2026
@lobsters The BeBox: BeOS Hardware, Photos, and the Apple Deal That Wasn't #RetroComputing #BeOS #TechHistory
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May 13, 2026
@lobsters Using a 1978 terminal in 2026 (DEC VT-100) #RetroComputing #VintageTech #TechHistory
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