Posts Tagged ‘retro computing’


Floppy Disks Getting Rarer

Monday, Apr 26th, 2010 by Brandon | 0 Comments
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I didn’t even know Sony was still manufacturing floppy disks, but they’ve announced that production will be ended early next year. I still have a bunch of these in a shrink wrapped box (just in case I ever want to save a new file on my Commodore 64) — but those are even more rare, [...]

Old Video Games in Tulsa

Sunday, Aug 20th, 2006 by Brandon | 0 Comments
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Yesterday we stopped by the Oklahoma Video Game Exhibition in Tulsa. If the OVGE was about the latest video games, I wouldn’t be interested. But an exhibition where people are showing their “old computer” collections and trading rare games, hardware, and software? We’re there! Here are some photos. I think this afternoon, the Commodore 128 [...]

Business reading: Google and Commodore

Tuesday, May 16th, 2006 by Brandon | 0 Comments
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Current business reading: The Google Story. I’m about a third of the way through this book about the guys who started Google and the empire they created. It’s an interesting read, but its clear the author is in awe of the folks behind Google. If you can get past that, though, there is something here [...]

Retro Computing Review: The Home Computer Wars

Monday, Sep 6th, 2004 by Brandon | 0 Comments
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Mini-review of The Home Computer Wars (Michael S. Tomczyk, 1984, Compute! Publications, Inc. ISBN 0-94238675-2) If you are 1., a computer industry history enthusiast, and 2., ever owned a Commodore computer such as the PET, VIC-20, or Commodore 64, then you should try to find a copy of The Home Computer Wars by Michael S. [...]