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Disadvantages of the 8086 microprocessor

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 11:00:43 +0000

An 8086-series microprocessor, the 8088, powered the original IBM PC. Its direct descendants power PCs to this day. Not only that, they power modern Macs too. This was always controversial, especially running Mac OS on Intel chips. Why? What are

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The Post-Dispatch may be giving the wrong idea about the dollar value of vintage computers

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 11:00:01 +0000

Disclaimer: I wrote this article back in 2014. I leave it here as a snapshot of the state of how things were in 2014. The situation at the time you are reading this is likely different. Articles like Top 10

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Sculley on Jobs

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 11:00:31 +0000

John Sculley famously fired Steve Jobs in September 1985, a move that’s pretty universally panned today. Nearly 28 years later, Forbes asked Sculley about it. Here’s the money quote: “He was not a great executive back in those early days.

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Cringely takes on Ashton Kutcher’s movie about Steve Jobs

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 25 Aug 2013 11:00:29 +0000

Mark Stephens, a.k.a. Robert X. Cringely, wrote last week about his disappointment in Ashton Kutcher’s movie Jobs, about the late Apple co-founder and CEO. Here’s the most important part of his quasi-review: [S]omething happened during Steve’s NeXT years (which occupy

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Old computer magazines

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 13 Nov 2002 00:39:41 +0000

I guess I need a "retro" category here. Anyway, I found this on Slashdot this morning: The Computer Magazine Archive. Don't let the URL fool you--it's not just Atari stuff.

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