Tech Nostalgia: A Computer Needs an OS Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle (Premium)

The first personal and home computers booted into a ROM, or read-only memory, that usually consisted solely of an on-chip BASIC interpreter, typically made by Microsoft. That was minimally acceptable for the software developers and other enthusiasts an… Continue reading Tech Nostalgia: A Computer Needs an OS Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle (Premium)

Hackaday Links: December 8, 2024

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For some reason, we never tire of stories highlighting critical infrastructure that’s running outdated software, and all the better if it’s running on outdated hardware. So when we learned that …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: December 8, 2024

Hackaday Links: February 11, 2024

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Apple’s Vision Pro augmented reality goggles made a big splash in the news this week, and try as we might to resist the urge to dunk on them, early adopters …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: February 11, 2024