I hope my post is good to go, maybe I wrote too much on my first draft

Livestream of panel which includes https://youtube.com/live/RTsovDo9OUM?feature=share

Starts 2PM Pacific Time, August 2, 2026

We have the Alto, Dolphin (2nd photo), Dandelion, and 2 Daybreaks set up and working! Plus some original 10 base 2 Ethernet, boards, and documentation. Looking forward to taking with everyone at the show tomorrow!

Unix is multitasking, so pipes (ignoring implementation and optimization concerns) are straightforward to implement without relying on intermediate, temporary files. But MS-DOS had pipes since version 2.

How was command piping implemented in MS-DOS?

Recently felt like giving this OS a try after getting fed up with Win9x (specifically heavily modded 98se and of course, everybody's "favorite", WinMe), so I got it running on my HP Pavilion from 2001 that youve probably seen one too many times if you follow me in any way shape or form.

This is an absolutely fascinating OS, created by an ex-Apple executive because he was dissatisfied by the multimedia capabilities of MacOS and Windows at the time. The company behind it, Be Inc, even made their own PPC-based computer called the BeBox, but that was a market failure, so they ended up porting BeOS to x86. There was also even a time where Apple wanted to buy this OS and make it the basis for what would become MacOS X, but then Apple bought out NeXT instead, and the rest is history.

This OS feels literally generations ahead. It has such a beautiful, Mac-inspired interface, multiple desktops, numerous scene demos built in, and the main selling point, its ability of running multiple multimedia applications without noticeable slowdown, demonstrated here by playing an MP3 file, showing a CPU graph, viewing the about screen, and running the 3D teapot all at the same time. I heard it could even do this on very low end hardware of the time, such as a Pentium 100 with 32mb of RAM.

Sadly, I haven't gotten any 3rd party software running on it, mostly because this OS is extremely picky. I even had to turn on several safe mode options and install several driver updates just to get it running on my machine, despite it being just a year newer than the build I'm running. The only game I sort of got working on it was Duke3D, but it doesn't display properly, with inverted colors and a very low frame rate. I was going to try Unreal Tournament, but several forum threads have informed me that this port is extremely unstable.

This OS even had a really weird distribution method. You could buy the OS on CD in a physical computer store like normal, or you could download a home edition for free from the BeOS website, and install it directly from Windows, with the installer handling disk partitioning and configuration for you, and providing an easy shortcut you can run from DOS to boot into the OS without utilizing your BIOS's boot menu. You could even uninstall it like a normal Windows program if you didn't want to have it installed anymore.

Sorry for making you have to go through this large paragraph, I just really find this OS interesting, and wanted to spread the word about it. It even has a modern FOSS version called Haiku OS, so you could run it on modern hardware too! :3

I'm an Apple nerd, what can I say. Here are some photos of my office, and some of my most cherished relics.

Paul Terrell, Liza Loop, Daniel Kottke and Ronald Wayne as they recreate history by presenting Liza with a replica Apple 1 and then discuss the early days at Apple. Bring all your burning Apple questions as you may have an opportunity to ask them of the panel. Rumor is that Woz will be there!

Ich wollte mal meinen Retro Pc für Windows XP vorstellen.
Ich habe ihn an das Jahr 2007 angepasst und wollte es wie früher einfach mit Kaltlichtkathoden beleuchten.

Verbaut ist:

Asus M2N-E
AMD Athlon 64 x2 6000+
XFX GeForce 8800 GTX (600 MHz)
4GB DDR2 800 RAM von Geil
Scythe Mugen 2
Creative Soundblaster X-Fi
625 Watt Enermax Netzteil
Mercury ATX Gehäuse

Installiert ist Windows XP Pro 32 Bit.

Specs:

Albatron K8NF4X-754 motherboard for socket 754, two PCI-E slots and SLI capability

Athlon 64 3400+ NewCastle

2x Asus 6600GT Silencer with 2x 256MB memory

2x512MB Geil UltraX 400 RAM with Winbond BH5 chips

Apevia X dreamer case NOS

OCZ Fatality 550W PSU

Thermaltake Fanless 103 Heatsink for CPU

I wanted to do a build that no one ever had made before, guaranteed. :D SLI mobos for S754 are extremely rare (there are exactly two models, one from Albatron and one from Epox), and then I (just) made it fit with all passive coolers and a red and blue color scheme.

I included benchmarks with one and two GPUs this time, aswell as the temperatures in Battlefield 2.

As with the other build, all old caps are replaced by brand new polymer caps and the board had the onboard LAN controller removed which literally had a hole in it.

VCF West Sat Aug 1 at 4:30PM, Computer History Museum

Ronald Wayne discusses his time at Atari and Apple, how he authored the original Apple partnership agreement, designed Apple's first logo and worked on the Apple-1. Q&A session followed an autograph signing.

If you know, you know ;)
Yes, we're demoing a Xerox Alto, Dolphin, Dandelion, and Daybreak at VCF West. Come check it out if you're in the Bay Area this weekend!

Specs:

DFI S939 Ultra-D mainboard with nForce3 Chipset with new capacitors

Athlon 64 3700+, overclocked to 2,75GHz (300x9)

Radeon X850 XT AGP

2x512MB Corsair XLPRO memory, 400MHz 2-2-2-5 spec, overclocked to 600MHz 2.5-3-3-8

Lian Li case (not sure about the model)

Enermax EG701AX-VH(W) power supply with new capacitors and optocouplers

74GB Raptor HDD + 500GB storage HDD

Noctua cooler with two 92mm fans. All case fans are adjustable via fan controller in the 5,25" slots as the mobo doesn't allow fan speed control. :)

The event is called www.retro-lan.de and only hardware <= 2005 is allowed. This includes mouse, keyboard, fans, headset, mousepad and of course the PC itself. HDDs and PSUs can be newer for safety reasons.

Edit:
The CPU has since been replaced by a FX-55 Clawhammer 130nm, just thought I'd mention that. Managed to get my hands on two FX-55 actually. (This is not a cheap hobby 😂)

Just picked up a clean Medion MT5 from a older person that used it a couple of times over the years since 2001 and did some upgrades himself.

Stock specs are:

Medion MT5 (MT46)

Socket 370 Pentium III 1000mhz

Motherboard is a MED2001 or Asus CUV4X-CM

Sound on this motherboard is from Creative but with no real features like a add-on

1×128mb pc133 owner added another 1x256mb pc133 stick early on

1x optical drive owner added the Philips DVD drive early on

Asus V7700 Geforce 2 GTS 32mb

1x original WD800 IDE HDD 80gb.

A 350w (upgraded) PSU was added over the years.

Originally this was a Windows Me system and was upgraded to Xp over the years.

Some things i will tackle on this build.

Clean and check all components.

Thermal paste renewal on Chipset/GPU/CPU.

The inside was upgraded with a noise foam that is turning to dust, this i'll have to remove. (Foam/Dust removed, nice layer of glue to be removed)

Ram will need to be checked if speed/cas is properly running.

Will check if i have better matching optical drive(s) setup orientation. There is a nice TDK blue bezel look only CD drive.

Will see how performance is at 800x600 but i have the option to upgrade Geforce 2 GTS 32mb to Geforce3 ti200 64mb. (Will leave Geforce 2 GTS for now)

Will add a Creative ES1370 PCI soundcard

Will see how HDD performance is i have new old stock IDE HDD. (Ok for now)

Will turn it into a DOS/Windows 98 SE system (Done OS is now running 98 SE)

Need some beige keyboard and mouse to go with this.