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    Everyone remembers the MicroBee.

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    @ajsadauskas @luca Here's a good article on Hartley Computer: https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2017/acs-heritage-project--chapter-34.html"David Hartley (not to be confused with the British computer scientist of the same name) started his working life in 1966 as a civil engineer with Brisbane City Council. His work later took him to Namibia in southern Africa, where he was introduced to computing while conducting mathematical modelling of rainfall in the vast Okavango river basin, using FORTRAN on an ICT 1500."When he returned to Australia he decided that computing was more interesting than civil engineering. He started Hartley Computer in Brisbane in 1974 to develop software for the accounting profession, on the rationale that accounting could be easily computerised but that many in the profession did not realise that...."The new software was very successful – it was the only software in Australia designed specifically for small accounting practices. Hartley also designed SHEILA (System by Hartley for Entirely Integrated Ledger Accounting) for larger organisations. The venture included building hardware (the Hartley 3900) and an operating system. Both the hardware and the software were very innovative....“The operating system was called RT86, a ‘true pre-emptive multi-user multi-tasking operating system for the 8086 chip. It was launched in 1980, 15 years before Windows PCs had that capability.“Hartley Computer was one of the first mini/PC computer vertical market successes in the world, with ultimately 250 staff and 3,000 sites in seven countries. In the process I became known as ‘the father of computer client accounting’, and we won several awards. The success was killed by hubris and a messy divorce. Big lessons, only partly learned at the time.”
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    Nearly 20 years old, LEGO NXT is now running #MicroPython!

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    laurensvalk@fosstodon.orgundefined
    Nearly 20 years old, LEGO NXT is now running #MicroPython! 😀LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 (2013) is still the first priority, but we're pulling along NXT (2006) as we go. Much of it is is already working.Thanks @schodet @danderson and many others. #retrocomputing #ewaste
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    I'm amazed by the speed which technology miniaturized active and passive electronics electronics.

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    dendrobatus_azureus@mastodon.bsd.cafeundefined
    I'm amazed by the speed which technology miniaturized active and passive electronics electronics.My SBC is smaller than this 2.5" HDD! Amazing!!#SBC #Raspberry #Pi5 #technologie #HDD #hardware #RetroTechnology #RetroComputing #currenttechnology
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    ｢ Solaris 2.1 for x86, also known as SunOS 5.1, was Sun’s first entry into the PC market (technically it was SunSoft, a subsidiary of Sun Microsystems, who released Solaris).

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