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A USB Adapter for a Depraz Mouse
The Depraz mouse is a damn stylish piece of equipment: Produced in the early 1980s, it...
Good Ideas in Computer Science
April 21, 2024・3 minute readProgrammers love arguing for their favorite technologies. C++ vs Rust. Mac vs...
Refurb weekend: Data General/One (and the worst LCD in the world)
I mentioned earlier that while I prefer specializing in non-x86 laptops, that doesn't mean I don't...
The Intel 8088 processor's instruction prefetch circuitry: a look inside
In 1979, Intel introduced the 8088 microprocessor, a variant of the 16-bit 8086 processor. IBM's decision...
5 Things We Have Forgotten About Open Source – The Scribbler of the Rueful Countenance
Note: in order to satisfy the exquisite tastes of today’s discerning internet readers, the following blog...
After 41 years, my first assembly program on my first computer, the Tomy Tutor
We got it in 1983, I think, so it only took me about 41 years to...