Tommi

Tech geek diving into retro gems - 80s/90s/00s computing, vintage gadgets, and how they stack up today. Replies, experiments, nostalgia. 🚀 #RetroTech

[Tommi @tommithetechie]

From dial-up screeches and Y2K countdowns to flip phones taking over the world to today’s AI tsunami (disaster?) reshaping everything… I’ve been on every wave. But I keep coming back to retro tech.

Even when I was a child, I was fascinated by tech history, and I still am.

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@s4rah_dev There's bound to be something in this sentence that is going to make someone mad 😂

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@webmaster_major @Avabelly__ Without a doubt! He was so great. This world is not the same without him

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@dark_coderz None of those were my first, but I've used 7 of those

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@_sgarbini They don't want real humans. I am completely convinced that this move is to get training data for Grok.

With your help, they're gonna make companions great again!

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@NavyStrang Worth a shot!

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@breckgold Close, almost 5 bytes

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Look at this gorgeous piece of aerospace history! This dense, exposed wedge of circuitry is the Gemini Guidance Computer, built by IBM in the 1960s.

To be a little more specific, it was the onboard brain used for Project Gemini and flown on Gemini 8 on March 16, 1966. The mission was piloted by Neil Armstrong and Dave Scott.

Fun fact: the Gemini computer had just 4,096 words of ferrite core memory. By the Gemini 8 era, the software had been split into program modules that could be loaded from the Auxiliary Tape Memory during different mission phases, because the full flight program had outgrown the computer’s limited memory.

I will always have the deepest appreciation for these early hardware pioneers!

https://t.co/rXnkLiV7k0
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#RetroTech #SpaceHistory #VintageComputing

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@andy_bob68 @NavyStrang ohh, that is beautiful

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@techdog Agreed! A lot of people are getting lazy :(

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@pairko49393 @NavyStrang If I remember, it could run on a lot of machines but not necessarily that well. At least at first. I think a few years later, it would run more smoothly on some pretty cheap computers.

I remember running it on mine and mine was one doozie of a hand me down at the time

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@ivladeo YOLO

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@dannymodules It is so amazing to me! So much wisdom indeed

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@NekoYuki1776 @filterofth74624 Yes it does look like fun! Can't wait to get my hands on one of these or a Tandy one day.

.... one day

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@techdog I read them so much when I was little. My dad had tons of family circus, Garfield, Tumbleweeds (and more) books. I would read them cover to cover...all of the time.

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@Metaforest That's actually hilarious, LOL

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This big guy is the MIT CADR Lisp Machine. Designed in the late 1970s by the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab, it was a follow-on to the earlier CONS prototype and became the first successful Lisp machine.

As you probably guessed already, this machine was built for AI research and designed to run Lisp efficiently in hardware.

By 1978, upwards of 25 MIT CADR machines were reportedly produced, making it the first broadly produced Lisp machine.

That marvelous rack of wiring makes my brain pretty happy!

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#RetroTech #ComputerHistory #AI

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@Mongoose_Studio LOL I hope they get it together one day.

I just want X to not treat me like Windows ME used to.

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Thank you so much. I've let it go for so long that I may need surgery. There's a couple other spinal issues going on with it, so its just...well it's a mess back there... :(

I try not to complain (in person or online) about anything, but I am in so much pain for much of my days now.

My first therapy appt went pretty well though, but today I am starting to really feel it. I hope it helps!

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Early detection is important! I've been dealing with severe pain for 5 years or so and just now discovered that this is why.

My first therapy appointment is today.

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June is Scoliosis Awareness Month!

Scoliosis affects millions worldwide, and early detection is key to effective treatment. Let's spread knowledge, support, and love to those with scoliosis. Together, we can make a difference!

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@Metaforest Aaah that makes me sad that you were not able to go! That's not fair :(

I would have invited you if I was there and had the power to do so

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This is - almost - right. This was a quartz promotional watch Apply offered in 1995 associated with the Macintosh System 7.5.

If you remove the Apple logo, it just looks like a Google product at that point. Kind of interesting! Read between those lines, where you will.

#RetroTech

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The original Apple Watch (from 1984).

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@IPNetGeek I'm really glad that I'm not the only one that saw it

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@sdf_pubnix Right? This really does look like...any Google loading screen that I see, lol

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@WrongTimeline oh yeah, I've read about it! I can't wait to dig in even more later