Please don’t be shocked, but I’ve been reading old #UNIX Review magazines on Archive.org, as one does.
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When someone asks me what the #Fediverse, #Mastodon or #ActivityPub is I'll use this illustration from UNIX Review, April 1985.
@occult It's so god-awful that it's awesome
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@occult It's so god-awful that it's awesome
@d1 I'd argue it's only awesome.
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From the same issue, this illustration could be used in an article tomorrow about #LLM overreliance.
How @catsalad's toots get to my computer.
(BYTE magazine, July 1988)
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How @catsalad's toots get to my computer.
(BYTE magazine, July 1988)
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I found this ad for a six-degree-of-freedom 3D input device in the Summer 1989 issue of the SGI magazine "IRIS Universe".
I remember seeing stuff like this around in the 90s, but it all seemed so inaccessible at the time. Flipping through these old professional magazines, you spot some interesting engineering and industrial design.
@flexion, you should get one of these, restore it, and get it working on one of your systems.
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I found this ad for a six-degree-of-freedom 3D input device in the Summer 1989 issue of the SGI magazine "IRIS Universe".
I remember seeing stuff like this around in the 90s, but it all seemed so inaccessible at the time. Flipping through these old professional magazines, you spot some interesting engineering and industrial design.
@flexion, you should get one of these, restore it, and get it working on one of your systems.
@occult I only have the Magellan SpaceMouse for SGI. The Spaceball that someone had listed on eBay for a long time was far too expensive.
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Please don’t be shocked, but I’ve been reading old #UNIX Review magazines on Archive.org, as one does. I’ve been finding a number of interesting artifacts throughout. This June 1984 ad by Cadmus Computer Systems listed a #USENET address: !wivax!cadmus.
This is a UUCP bang path, for the kids who don’t know. The ! separates relay hops, it’s a literal routing instruction. Get to the backbone, reach wivax, forward to cadmus.
No DNS.
Machines screamed at each other to swap data.
RE: https://vox.ominous.net/@occult/116103841606429399
@occult the historical posts in here make this a thread for @estherschindler and @nomad and @murph
Probably also for @sjvn and @hal_pomeranz
# BangPathForTheYou'veGotMail
We've got 3 years left to build this:
https://mastodon.social/@occult@ominous.net/116103844379755970
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RE: https://vox.ominous.net/@occult/116103841606429399
@occult the historical posts in here make this a thread for @estherschindler and @nomad and @murph
Probably also for @sjvn and @hal_pomeranz
# BangPathForTheYou'veGotMail
We've got 3 years left to build this:
https://mastodon.social/@occult@ominous.net/116103844379755970
@FLOX_advocate @occult This is the retro future I signed up for!
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@FLOX_advocate @occult This is the retro future I signed up for!
@hal_pomeranz @occult trinary rainbow MFA access cards!
And access so amazing it needs a seatbelt ( unlike starships ) !
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Computing in the year 2029 as depicted in UNIX WORLD magazine, 1985.
@occult Okay, you can say a lot about this power of light from screens, but this woman's hairstyle... Just this woman's hairstyle
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