In the days before computers usually used off-the-shelf CPU chips, people who needed a CPU often used something called “bitslice.” The idea was to have a building block chip that needed some ...

It isn't often that I look at a new product and say, "Now that's cool enough to write about", but the Pi Vessel is such a product. The Pi Vessel is a small computer designed for multimedia, gaming, ...

[David Lovett] aka Usagi Electric has spent the last several months dissecting a Centurion minicomputer from 1980. His latest update reveals that the restoration has hit several snags, and ...

In their day, the Digital Equipment Company PDP series of mini-computers ruled the world ruled the world. Now they have found another purpose, as toys for ex-Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen. Allen so ...

Kenneth Olsen, who died at 84 on Sunday, was a natural disruptor in the early days of computing. At Digital Equipment Corp., Olsen’s minicomputers undercut the costs of IBM’s mainframe computers and ...

Two Gordons loom large in the history of computing, and both made observations about the interplay of economics and technology and how they foster progress, which have both been enshrined as laws. We ...

Minicomputers were common in office, commercial, and industrial spaces, bringing computer access to the masses. It also provided local control of computing hardware. Timesharing systems with multiple ...

I never used one, but watched with awe the one we had at our school being used in the computer lab, 1980 i think it was ? There was a guru of a developer at the time who had programmed Pong off a set ...

Dutch company Anaar developed a new minicomputer which makes it possible to play all kinds of files, videos and music from the PC, tablet, smartphone or any other device wireless on the television.

In their day, the Digital Equipment Corp. PDP series of minicomputers ruled the world. Now they have found another purpose: as toys for ex-Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen. Allen so loves the PDP ...

The history of computing could arguably be divided into three eras: that of mainframes, minicomputers, and microcomputers. Minicomputers provided an important bridge between the first mainframes and ...