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Vintage Computer @vintage.computer 5 hours

Apple popularized colorful translucent plastic with the iMac: with bright colors and all-in-one design, it broke away from the dull beige boxes of the ’90s. #SnapshotSaturday #iMacG3 #AppleHistory #RetroComputing #VintageComputer
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Vintage Computer @vintage.computer 19 hours

💿 Free Software Friday: XINU

eXperimental INstructional Unix: a minimalist OS by Douglas Comer, built to teach how operating systems really work. Elegant, educational, and still used today.🔗 https://xinu.cs.purdue.edu
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Vintage Computer @vintage.computer 2 days

Before surround sound and studio-grade headphones, there was Sound Blaster. 🎵 Released in 1989, the Sound Blaster card brought rich digital audio to IBM PCs. If you wanted the best sound, you needed a Sound Blaster. #ThrowbackThursday #RetroComputing #VintageComputer
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Vintage Computer @vintage.computer 3 days

The DEC VT100, release in 1978, the terminal that defined them all. It introduced ANSI control sequences that still shape how modern terminal emulators work today. The VT100 was the foundation of digital interaction. #WowThatsFascinating #VT100 #DEC #Terminal #VintageComputer
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Vintage Computer @vintage.computer 4 days

When Steve Jobs left Apple, he built something extraordinary: the NeXT Cube (1988). 💻 Running NeXTSTEP with built-in Ethernet and magneto-optical storage, it was elegant, powerful, and ahead of its time. #TechSpecTuesday #NeXTCube #SteveJobs #ComputingHistory #VintageComputer
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Vintage Computer @vintage.computer 5 days

🌌 On this day in 1995, astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz announced their discovery of 51 Pegasi b, the first planet found orbiting a sun-like star — a “hot Jupiter” about 50 light-years away. #MilestoneMonday #SpaceHistory #Exoplanet #Astronomy #VintageComputer
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Vintage Computer @vintage.computer 6 days

In technology, like life, progress begins with courage. Doubt keeps us from innovation; curiosity drives us forward. Don’t allow the fear of failure often rob you of success. #Shakespeare #VintageComputer
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Vintage Computer @vintage.computer 7 days

Before screens became standard, computers talked through teletypes. These noisy machines typed out every command and result on paper, serving as the original consoles for early systems like the Altair and beyond. #SnapshotSaturday #RetroComputing #Teletypes #vintagecomputer
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Vintage Computer @vintage.computer 1 week

🏛️ Run, jump, and swan dive back into 1996. OpenLara is an open-source remake of Tomb Raider you can play right in your browser, complete with classic polygons and modern upgrades. 🎮 https://xproger.info/projects/OpenLara
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Vintage Computer @vintage.computer 1 week

Before USB sticks, CDs, or cloud storage, there were floppy disks. 💾
From 8-inch giants to the iconic 3.5-inch version, floppies carried just kilobytes of data, but they were in use for decades. #ThrowbackThursday #FloppyDisk #RetroComputing #vintagecomputer