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Markus@oldbytes.space
<p>We had Joy, we had Fun, we ran UNIX on a Sun ...</p><p>Born in the 60s ... child of the 70/80s ... Sun, 68k and PowerPC enthusiast in the 2020s :). Motorolanian.</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/VintageComputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>VintageComputers</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Apple</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Macintosh</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Motorola" class="mention hasht
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Post #4487967
#retrocomputing #sun #partbrowser Building the Ultimate Sun Microsystems Part & System Browser I have no idea if anyone else will find this useful or care, but it was driving me completely insane that there was no single, centralized place to easily search for historical Sun Microsystems part numbers, cross-reference them, or pull up a clean list of components by specific machine. So, I did what any self-respecting retrocomputing enthusiast and systems guy would do: I scraped a couple of...
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Post #2493892
#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #search #searchengine #frogfind #ncsa #mosaic #ncsamosaic #sun #sparcstation #sgi #unix Catch of the Day: The Forefather of the World Wide Web! 🏛️🕸️ Hey Retro Fans! Hold your breath and bow in reverence. Today, our FrogFind radar didn&#39;t just catch an old browser; it caught the absolute foundation of the modern internet. Between all the Nintendos and dusty Windows PCs, this gigantic milestone appeared: NCSA Mosaic 2.7b5 on UNIX (X11)! For those who...
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Post #2138986
#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #search #searchengine #frogFind #ibm #os2 #firefox #mozilla Catch of the Day: The OS that tried to beat Windows! 🏢🔵 Hey Retro Fans! Hold on to your floppy disks, because the FrogFind radar has caught a true piece of computing history today. Among all the Nintendos and old Macs, an operating system appeared that will make IT veterans immediately nod in respect: OS/2! Our bouncer logged this fabulous guest: Mozilla Firefox 48.0 running on OS/2 For the younger...
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Post #1910248
#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #search #searchengine #frogFind #mac #macos #internetexplorer #internetexplorer5 Catch of the Day: A Beta Look Back! 🍏🔍 Hey Retro Fans! Today, the FrogFind radar caught a true software fossil that will make Apple historians&#39; eyes light up: Internet Explorer 5.0b1 on a Mac! Wait... b1? Exactly! The &quot;b1&quot; stands for Beta 1. We are not talking about the regular Internet Explorer 5 for the Mac (which was released in 2000 and, with its...
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Post #1844962
#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #search #searchengine #FrogFind #ebook #kindle #tolino #pocketbook Catch of the Day: The Internet on Electronic Paper! 📖⚡ Hey Retro Fans! Today, we are shining our spotlight on a class of devices you might not immediately associate with web browsing. Our logs today once again featured an E-Book Reader (disguised as Apple Safari 4.0). Anyone who has ever tried to load a modern website using the &quot;experimental browser&quot; of an old Amazon Kind...
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Post #767109
#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #search #searchengine #frogFind #BeOS #NetPositive FrogFind&#39;s &quot;Catch of the Day&quot;: Greetings from an alternate timeline (BeOS &amp; NetPositive!) 🚀💾 Hey Retro Fans! Buckle up, because today we are taking a trip into an alternate computing timeline. Today’s Catch of the Day comes from an operating system that was miles ahead of its time in the late 90s and enjoys absolute cult status today. This afternoon at 5:08 PM, this legendar...