#1 commodore fan

they/it autistic robot Click "info" on my layout to see my awesome tags!

[mingos-commodoreblog]

A570 - CD-ROM Drive for the Amiga 500 (1992)

[bak3lite]

[gifexe]

computer.gif

[metallicvapor]

[beepboopappreciation]

The Commodore PET and CBM Series <3

[oldcomputersdaily]

Today's old computer is the Commodore PET!

The Commodore 2001 released January of 1977, and the Commodore 4032 released 3 years later. The 4032 stood for the 40 character display, and the 32K RAM memory. They were initially named to capitalize on the 'Pet Rock Fad' of the mid 70's. One of the worst (harsh, I know </3) aspects of the OG 2001 model was the keyboard, whose keys were small and hard to click on. (Chiclet keyboard) Look at this thing!

This was thankfully fixed in the 4032 model :-)

[bak3lite]

[bak3lite]

[never-obsolete]

[liquidcrystalsky]

tech acronyms/initialiams you have heard many times but might not have known what they mean

HTTP/S -> HyperText Transfer Protocol / Secure

IP (address) -> Internet Protocol

NFC -> Near Field Communication

JPEG -> Joint Photographic Experts Group

(chat)GPT -> Generative Pre-trained Transformer

ASCII -> American Standard Code for Information Interchange

MIDI -> Musical Instrument Digital Interface

SD (card) -> Secure Digital

USB -> Universal Serial Bus

CAPTCHA -> Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart

HDMI -> High-Definition Multimedia Interface

not acronyms but abbreviations:

bit -> binary digit

pixel -> picture element

Feel free to add any more. even not tech related if you want i wanna hear it

[liquidcrystalsky]

why must this occur to me

[olivrea1908]

[opendirectories]

[yodaprod]

NEC PC-8001 MKII (1984)

[thngsfrmthvd]

[never-obsolete]

Computer Chronicles - Windows 95

[commodorez]

Start Me Up: 30 years of Windows 95 - @commodorez and @ms-dos5

30 years ago, Microsoft introduced Windows 95 and set the standard for graphical user interfaces that is still in use today. We will be displaying all major versions of 95, from one of the Chicago Beta releases, through the final update from 1997, on a wide variety of hardware from a number of prominent manufacturers. Come experience what made Windows 95 a household name, play some games, and see what made computing accessible and easy for everyone.

MS-DOS5 and I started planning this one in 2023, because we knew the anniversary was coming up and we wanted to give such a significant milestone in computing history the credit and spotlight it deserved. Computers and software come from both of our collections, with the exception of one desktop on loan from the Glitchworks. All of the 90s CRTs were on loan from our friends Sark, RadRacer203, and CJ.

The result was 18 feet worth of exhibit table, filled to the brim with copies of Windows 95, and associated software. We had computers running Chicago Beta 73g, RTM, OSR 1, OSR 2, and OSR 2.5 arranged in order to show the full life cycle of Windows 95 from 1993-1997. We also had companion software like Plus!, various versions of Microsoft Office (all from MS-DOS5's extensive collection), 95-specific games (from Microsoft and third parties alike), as well as training software. We included a number of important books about Windows 95, an era-appropriate network hub tying most machines together, a dot matrix printer, 90s mousepads, and even some big tractor-feed banners printed from one of the 95 machines.

All told, it was the most elaborate exhibit either of us have ever done, and the results were better than I could have imagined. That was a blast to put together, and super fun to show off at VCF East.

VCF East XX

[vizreef]

Macintosh SE/30 (US, 1989)

@chunkycomputers