Tag Archives: retrocomputing

May 26th 1995: Bill Gates writes about the “Internet Tidal Wave”

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Stefano

20 years have gone since this internal memo, aimed at Microsoft Executives, in which Bill Gates himself talked about the “Internet Tidal Wave” and provided a strategic point of view for a MS-dominated ‘Net; the memo surfaced during the prolonged … Continue reading →

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Why is 8-bit technology so important?

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Stefano

Nice post from Jason’s blog and a perfect question too: why is 8-bit technology so important these days? Simply put because it’s where we all come from! The most common 8-bit CPUs of the time included the Intel 8088 (used … Continue reading →

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Computers History bit by bit helps us understand how we got here

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Stefano

TechKing released a pretty good infographic that spans almost 70 years of computing evolution and helps us understand where we came from (and somehow where we’re heading). It’s cool to see what brought us from vacuum tubes up to the … Continue reading →

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