Retro
The transputer
Have you heard of the transputer? Probably not. But in the mid 1980s, many people in computer science thought it was going to be “the future computer,” including one of my computer science professors at the University of Waterloo.
The rise and fall of DEC
In my previous post, I introduced DEC. Now let's talk about how DEC rose to fame and ultimately met its downfall in 1998.
All about DEC
Although they were never a household term, DEC was one of the best computer companies of all time. Specifically, we wouldn’t have the Internet, UNIX, or TCP/IP without them!
The Gospel of Tux v1.0
This has been floating around the Internet for some time now, but I’ve just recently heard of it. I laughed so hard I just had to re-post it here.
Anatomy of an AS/400
The AS/400 was perhaps the most stable and useful system of the early 1990s. Many companies ran their financials (at minimum) on this platform.