Donkyo Kongu!

Handmade Ukiyo-e woodblock art by Jed Henry:
https://www.ukiyoeheroes.com

#art #artwork #RetroGaming #VintageComputing #RetroComputing #retro #vintage #japan #japanese #nintendo #mario #game #games #gaming #gamer

Looks like #Microsoft, in collaboration with #IBM has open-sourced #MSDOS4 under a #MIT license. I wonder how this will benefit the #FreeDOS project, unless some of that has already been integrated into FreeDOS. This could also be a boon for #RetroComputing enthusiasts. ​​ #DOS #MSDOS #IBM

https://www.hanselman.com/blog/open-sourcing-dos-4

Open Sourcing DOS 4

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Here are multiple versions of Hotdog Professional running on Windows 98. This is a very feature rich website development program that not only shows previews of your site, but contains documentation to teach you HTML. Versions 3 and 4 start up with an animated intro.

Get these versions, along with 7.03 for Windows XP here: https://archive.org/details/hotdog7install

#retrocomputing

The Rise and Fall of Silicon Graphics

「 Early in his time at Stanford, Clark worked on a project with Xerox PARC with support from ARPA to develop three dimensional graphics. This led to the creation of the Geometry Engine. In “The Geometry Engine: A VLSI Geometry System for Graphics,” Clark also makes specific reference to Marc Hannah and Lynn Conway as being valuable contributors to the effort 」

https://web.archive.org/web/20240406001321/https://www.abortretry.fail/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-silicon-graphics

#SGI #ComputingHistory #Retrocomputing

The Rise and Fall of Silicon Graphics

or How a Rebellious Youth Briefly Conquered the World

^{Bradford Morgan White (Abort Retry Fail)}

The ACM Digital Library now gives free access to the full text of the classic "Anatomy of LISP" by John Allen (McGraw-Hill, 1978). A great historical and practical resource.

https://dl.acm.org/doi/book/10.5555/542865

#lisp #retrocomputing #books

From the ar(t)chive...

3D illustration for a 2005 issue of the Dutch ComputerTotaal magazine, about the Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal

#sony #DRM #scandal #IT #RetroComputing #retro #computer #design #artwork #illustration #illustrator #art #arte #artist #DigitalArt #ArtMatters #GraphicDesign #3D #B3D #CreativeToots #FediArt #MastoArt #ArtistsOnMastodon

Back in the mid-to-late 1980s, the Commodore Amiga was, generally speaking, superior to Apple systems and PC-compatibles, which were often mocked by Amiga owners. 😉

(Photo source: unknown)

#commodore #amiga #RetroComputing #RetroGaming #retro #photo #PC #MSDOS #1980s #RetroTech #vintage #VintageComputing

When my Linux journey started.

#windows #retro #retrocomputing #linux #tech