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Bring out your dead!
Calling all TR Members. Do you have any old equipment laying around that you'd like to get rid of and have featured in our Cracking Open series? Now's your chance. Read on to find out how to submit yo...
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Gates/Seinfeld isn't Bill's first foray into commercials
Bill Gates is now pitching Microsoft products with the help of Jerry Seinfeld. Bill's no stranger to the acting stage. Here's an ad he did in the 90's for Coke.
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When is it time to retire an old PC?
Classic computers aren't necessarily those that were built only the 80's and 90's. Even a computer made in 2004 can be considered a classic. When do you get rid of an old PC?
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Another example of poor IBM marketing
Here's another example of the fine, fine marketing done by IBM in the 1980's. This time the victim is the PS/2.
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Looking back at the IBM PS/2
If there was ever an Edsel of the PC industry, it was the IBM PS/2 line. Originally designed to destroy the clone business, the PS/2 wound up derailing IBM instead. Here's a look back.
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Bubba puts a down-home spin on Microsoft Bob
When we talked before about Microsoft Bob, some TR members mentioned a parody called Bubba. Here's a look at Bubba and a pointer to where you can get it.
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Dinosaur Sighting: Microsoft Flight Simulator
Microsoft Flight Simulator was one of the first "killer" game applications for what was then the nascent personal computer gaming market. Mark Kaelin reminisces.
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A bit of Frost-ing for the iMac's 10th birthday cake
Here's Apple's ad from 1998 debuting the iMac - with a little bit of poetic license at Robert Frost's expense. Check out Steve Job's introduction of the iMac as well.
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Happy 10th birthday to the iMac!
Apple saved itself from doom and relaunched itself with the introduction of the iMac 10 years ago. Here's a recap and a question: What Mac did you first use?
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Cracking open the Tandy Model 100
The Tandy Model 100 was the first laptop computer to gain popularity when it was introduced in 1983. But what does 25 year old portable technology look like? See what's inside of the Tandy Model 100...
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60's style Soviet computer technology
The Univac and IBM 700's weren't the only mainframe computers around in the late 50's and early 60's. Take a look at this video showing the URAL-2 computer from the Soviet Union, circa 1963.
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Replay the Cold War with Balance of Power
An energy crisis. An unpopular American war. The USSR ...er... Russia invading small countries. It's almost like the Cold War all over again. Here's a game from the 80's where you could actually simu...
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Reliving an Olympics game from the Stone Age of DOS
The Olympic Games have always made good fodder for game makers. Here's a look back at a DOS-based Olympic spoof from the Stone Age of the PC: Caveman Ugh-lympics.
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Cracking open the IBM PC Jr. and waxing nostalgic
In a fit of nostalgia, Mark Kaelin cracked open an IBM PC Jr. -- find out what he discovered.
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Do you still support an ancient network OS?
I recently ran across a client who still ran NetWare 3.12 on their production server. Do you still run an ancient NOS or do you keep everything shiny and new? Take the poll and see how you compare to ...
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A bit of Frost-ing for the iMac's 10th birthday cake
Here's Apple's ad from 1998 debuting the iMac - with a little bit of poetic license at Robert Frost's expense. Check out Steve Job's introduction of the iMac as well.
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Dinosaur Sighting: Microsoft Flight Simulator
Microsoft Flight Simulator was one of the first "killer" game applications for what was then the nascent personal computer gaming market. Mark Kaelin reminisces.
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Bubba puts a down-home spin on Microsoft Bob
When we talked before about Microsoft Bob, some TR members mentioned a parody called Bubba. Here's a look at Bubba and a pointer to where you can get it.
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Looking back at the IBM PS/2
If there was ever an Edsel of the PC industry, it was the IBM PS/2 line. Originally designed to destroy the clone business, the PS/2 wound up derailing IBM instead. Here's a look back.
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Another example of poor IBM marketing
Here's another example of the fine, fine marketing done by IBM in the 1980's. This time the victim is the PS/2.
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When is it time to retire an old PC?
Classic computers aren't necessarily those that were built only the 80's and 90's. Even a computer made in 2004 can be considered a classic. When do you get rid of an old PC?
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Gates/Seinfeld isn't Bill's first foray into commercials
Bill Gates is now pitching Microsoft products with the help of Jerry Seinfeld. Bill's no stranger to the acting stage. Here's an ad he did in the 90's for Coke.
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Welcome to Classics Rock
Welcome to Classic Rock! This is TechRepublic's blog blog focusing on hardware and software from the 70's, 80's, 90's and today. But it's more than mere nostalgia. Find out what else we'll cover.
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5 of the best desktop operating systems you never used
Chances are, you're reading this blog entry on a Windows machine. If not, you're probably running a Mac or Linux. Here are five of the best desktop operating systems that you probably never used, but ...
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The Osborne 1 is now in a Cracked Open Photo Gallery
Recently, I published an entry in the TechRepublic Classics Rock blog on the Dinosaur Sightings Photo Galleries of the Osborne 1 and the TRS-80 Model 4P personal computers. Well, now I have taken the ...
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Finding Easter Eggs in old software
What's lurking inside of your software? Ideally, only the code necessary to make the program work. Sometimes however, programmers hide Easter Eggs inside. Check out some of the Easter Eggs you can fin...
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Keeping current on certs: It's an age-old problem
Certifications present the eternal problem of what to do to keep them up to date. Once the most important certification to have, Novell's CNE still exists. This Classic Tip shows what you had to do at...
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The cracked open TRS-80 Model 4P has its day in the sun
The cracked open TRS-80 Model 4P has its day in the sun
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Windows 2000 Server: Microsoft's best NOS ever?
Windows 2000 Professional may have been Microsoft's best desktop OS, but what about Windows 2000 Server? Was Win2K Pro's big brother best of breed as well? John Sheesley says No and points out why the...
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IBM's OS/2 campaign showed how marketing matters more than technology
Marketing really does matter. If you can't market your product, it doesn't matter how good it is. This OS/2 Warp ad from IBM proves the point. Check out the ad and then read on to see how and why it d...