52 years later, only known copy of Unix v4 recovered from randomly found tape, now up and running on a system — first OS version with kernel and core utilities written in 'newfangled language' C
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In-car sat nav? Without a satellite? In 1971? | Tomorrow's World | Retro tech
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In 1978, Arthur C. Clarke predicted the rise of AI and wondered what would happen to humanity
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45 years ago CompuServe connected the world before the World Wide Web
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The forged Apple employee badge
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The buttons on Zenith’s original ‘clicker’ remote were a mechanical marvel
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Minitel: The online world France built before the web
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Reverse engineering a forgotten 1970s Intel dual core beast: 8271, a new ISA
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An error message in Windows 10 is a mistake from 1974
@foone🏳️⚧️: It is 2018 and this error message is a mistake from 1974.This limitation, which is still found in the very latest Windows 10, dates back to BEFORE STAR WARS. This bug is as old as Watergate. pic.twitter.com/pPbkZiE57t
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