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Silicon Underground (Dave F)If you were into BBSing in the late 80s and had a PC, you probably used Procomm Plus at least once. Have you ever wondered what happened to the software and its authors? <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/VintageSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VintageSoftware</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TechHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechHistory</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ComputerNostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ComputerNostalgia</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DigitalHeritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalHeritage</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SoftwareLegacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SoftwareLegacy</a> <a href="https://dfarq.homeip.net/what-happened-to-procomm-plus/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://dfarq.homeip.net/what-happened-to-procomm-plus/</a>

Silicon Underground (Dave F)Intel cofounder Gordon Moore proposed Moore's Law, the observation that the transistor count in a computer chip doubles every two years. He died two years ago today at 94. <a href="https://dfarq.homeip.net/gordon-moore-and-moores-law/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://dfarq.homeip.net/gordon-moore-and-moores-law/</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TechHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechHistory</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Innovation</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TransistorTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TransistorTechnology</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SiliconValley</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ComputerScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ComputerScience</a>

fraggleBefore user-friendly distros like Ubuntu, installing Linux was brutal. In the early 90s, if you wanted Linux, you had to download it in pieces over slow connections, write it to floppy disks, and manually configure everything—including your own X server settings just to get a GUI. There were no package managers, and if you compiled the kernel wrong? You bricked your system and started over. Those who survived earned serious bragging rights.<a href="https://1.6.0.0.8.0.0.b.e.d.0.a.2.ip6.arpa/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://1.6.0.0.8.0.0.b.e.d.0.a.2.ip6.arpa/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FOSS</a> <a href="https://1.6.0.0.8.0.0.b.e.d.0.a.2.ip6.arpa/tags/techhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechHistory</a> <a href="https://1.6.0.0.8.0.0.b.e.d.0.a.2.ip6.arpa/tags/hackerculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HackerCulture</a> <a href="https://1.6.0.0.8.0.0.b.e.d.0.a.2.ip6.arpa/tags/computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Computing</a>

CristoDCGomez | 👨‍💻💻🎮¿Sabías que los discos duros de los años 80 que almacenaban 10MB (megabytes) pesaban unos 40kg y costaban miles de dólares? 🤯 Hoy llevamos en el bolsillo teléfonos con más de 100,000 veces esa capacidad. La Ley de Moore en su máxima expresión! 💾→📱<a href="https://w3c.social/tags/TechHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechHistory</a> <a href="https://w3c.social/tags/Inform%C3%A1tica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Informática</a> <a href="https://w3c.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a>

Stefan Bohacek"In 1966 [...] five megabytes of data—a relatively small amount by today's standards—required an astounding 62,500 punched cards."<a href="https://www.vintag.es/2025/02/5-megabytes-of-computer-data.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.vintag.es/2025/02/5-megabytes-of-computer-data.html</a><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technology</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/TechHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechHistory</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/VintageTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VintageTech</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#data</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/PunchCards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PunchCards</a>

fraggleIn the early 1950s, software wasn’t something you bought, it was shared freely among researchers. IBM and MIT pioneered a culture where programmers exchanged code openly, laying the foundation for the Free Software Movement decades later. The term open source did not exist yet, but the philosophy was already alive. <a href="https://1.6.0.0.8.0.0.b.e.d.0.a.2.ip6.arpa/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> <a href="https://1.6.0.0.8.0.0.b.e.d.0.a.2.ip6.arpa/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FOSS</a> <a href="https://1.6.0.0.8.0.0.b.e.d.0.a.2.ip6.arpa/tags/techhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechHistory</a> <a href="https://1.6.0.0.8.0.0.b.e.d.0.a.2.ip6.arpa/tags/softwarefreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SoftwareFreedom</a> <a href="https://1.6.0.0.8.0.0.b.e.d.0.a.2.ip6.arpa/tags/hackerculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HackerCulture</a>

fraggleNASA's switch to Linux in space was driven by reliability, flexibility, and security concerns. The International Space Station (ISS) originally relied on Windows, but astronauts frequently encountered crashes and instability. In 2013, NASA announced that all laptops on the ISS would transition to Debian, a Linux-based operating system, to improve stability and control over software.This change wasn’t just about reliability. Windows was much more vulnerable to malware, and in 2007, a worm named W32.Gammima.AG spread to the ISS. With Linux, NASA gained the ability to modify and customize the system for mission-critical applications without depending on proprietary software. Today, Linux powers much of NASA’s space infrastructure, from ISS systems to Mars rovers and beyond.<a href="https://1.6.0.0.8.0.0.b.e.d.0.a.2.ip6.arpa/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://1.6.0.0.8.0.0.b.e.d.0.a.2.ip6.arpa/tags/nasa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NASA</a> <a href="https://1.6.0.0.8.0.0.b.e.d.0.a.2.ip6.arpa/tags/debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Debian</a> <a href="https://1.6.0.0.8.0.0.b.e.d.0.a.2.ip6.arpa/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> <a href="https://1.6.0.0.8.0.0.b.e.d.0.a.2.ip6.arpa/tags/spacetech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpaceTech</a> <a href="https://1.6.0.0.8.0.0.b.e.d.0.a.2.ip6.arpa/tags/techhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechHistory</a>

Sinclair-SpeccyScreenshot of the Microsoft Windows XP Professional website as it appeared on November 1, 2004 <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tech</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Microsoft</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/WindowsXP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WindowsXP</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/OperatingSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OperatingSystem</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/TechHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechHistory</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/WindowsXPProfessional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WindowsXPProfessional</a>

WinFuture.deSteve Jobs über Bill Gates: "Wenn er LSD genommen hätte, sähen <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Microsoft</a>-Produkte besser aus." Gates' Antwort: Er habe den "falschen Batch" erwischt - den für Coding statt Design. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechHistory</a> <a href="https://winfuture.de/news,148681.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://winfuture.de/news,148681.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia</a>

AwesomeCast📚 Carmen Sandiego & Encyclopedias: The Original Search Engine!Before Wikipedia, Carmen Sandiego on Nintendo made us flip through encyclopedias just to solve cases! 🕵️‍♂️📖 Who else had to cross-reference a Britannica to catch a thief? 😂Find more at www.AwesomeCast.com & www.SorgatronMedia.com<a href="https://sorgatronmedia.social/tags/CarmenSandiego" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarmenSandiego</a> <a href="https://sorgatronmedia.social/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroGaming</a> <a href="https://sorgatronmedia.social/tags/TechHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechHistory</a> <a href="https://sorgatronmedia.social/tags/PreInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PreInternet</a> <a href="https://sorgatronmedia.social/tags/Encyclopedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Encyclopedia</a> <a href="https://sorgatronmedia.social/tags/Nintendo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nintendo</a> <a href="https://sorgatronmedia.social/tags/AwesomeCast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AwesomeCast</a>

Eve 😘📚In 2003, Justin Frankel (from <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Nullsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nullsoft</a>, developer of <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/WinAmp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WinAmp</a>) released a peer-to-peer file sharing application called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WASTE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">WASTE</a>. This is actually slightly after the initial release of BitTorrent. WASTE is named for a motto in Thomas Pynchon's Crying of Lot 49. The acronym WASTE stands for We Await Silent Tristero's Empire. It's a term used by an underground postal service. Their symbol is a crude, stick figure image of a horn with a trumpet mute in it.WASTE as software did more than just allow file transfer. It had chat built in. Like the Fediverse, it's decentralized. However, the networks don't necessarily connect to each other. You would need an in with someone else to join a WASTE network.Almost as soon as Justin published it, the company that owned Nullsoft (AOL) pulled WASTE back and said that Justin hadn't been authorized to distribute the software so the GNU GPL license it had been released under wasn't valid.WASTE has been reimplemented a number of times with new features and protocol changes that, in some cases, aren't cross compatible with other WASTE implementations. According to a Sourceforge page, Blackbelt WASTE had its most recent update on 2025-01-27, hinting that WASTE is alive and in operation today.(This toot owes an obvious debt of gratitude to Wikipedia for the particulars. I had the WASTE software, but never used it beyond opening it. I read The Crying of Lot 49 but it's hard to know whether I read it before Justin released the software.)<a href="https://toot.cat/tags/WASTE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WASTE</a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/p2p" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#p2p</a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/TechHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechHistory</a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/TechIsCoolSometimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechIsCoolSometimes</a>

zeldmanIf you’ve ever wondered how tech transitioned from the buy-install-maintain software model we grew up with to Software-as-Service (SaaS) and cloud computing, Marc Benioff’s “Behind the Cloud” tells the untold tale of how Salesforce.com became, well, Salesforce.<a href="https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Behind+the+Cloud%3A+The+Untold+Story+of+How+Salesforce.com+Went+from+Idea+to+Billion-Dollar+Company-and+Revolutionized+an+Industry+-p-9780470535929" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Behind+the+Cloud%3A+The+Untold+Story+of+How+Salesforce.com+Went+from+Idea+to+Billion-Dollar+Company-and+Revolutionized+an+Industry+-p-9780470535929</a> <a href="https://front-end.social/tags/saas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#saas</a> <a href="https://front-end.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://front-end.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://front-end.social/tags/TechInnovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechInnovation</a> <a href="https://front-end.social/tags/TechHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechHistory</a>

WinFuture.deVor 18 Jahren revolutionierte das erste <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iPhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#iPhone</a> die Mobiltelefonie. Steve Jobs' legendäre Keynote zeigte die Schwächen bestehender Handys auf und präsentierte Apples innovative Lösung. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechHistory</a> <a href="https://winfuture.de/news,148051.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://winfuture.de/news,148051.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia</a>

The Mainframe<a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/Bryce3D" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bryce3D</a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/3DRender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#3DRender</a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/RetroTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroTech</a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/FloppyDisks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FloppyDisks</a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalArt</a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/Nostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nostalgia</a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/VintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VintageComputing</a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/SunsetScene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SunsetScene</a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/TechHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechHistory</a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/AbstractArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbstractArt</a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/FloppyDisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FloppyDisk</a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a>

Wolfgang StiefLiebe Freunde des gepflegten Alteisens: habt ihr euch jemals mit sowjetischen Home-Computern beschäftigt? Nein? Dann hättet ihr jetzt Gelegenheit dazu, <a href="https://flipboard.com/@Golemde" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Golemde</a> spricht eine Stunde lang mit Eugene Bolshakoff über Home-Computer in der UdSSR und über seinen BK 0010-01. Enjoy: <a href="https://www.golem.de/news/podcast-besser-wissen-der-sowjetische-heimcomputer-2412-191893.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.golem.de/news/podcast-besser-wissen-der-sowjetische-heimcomputer-2412-191893.html</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vintagecomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#techhistory</a>

The Oasis BBSCommodore D64 Files: Everything About Them You Never Wanted To Know <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#C64</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Commodore64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commodore64</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/D64Files" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#D64Files</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/CommodoreEmulators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CommodoreEmulators</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/D64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#D64</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/DiskImages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DiskImages</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/VintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VintageComputing</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/TechHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechHistory</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroGaming</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/CommodoreTutorials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CommodoreTutorials</a> <a href="https://theoasisbbs.com/commodore-d64-files-everything-about-them-you-never-wanted-to-know/?feed_id=913&_unique_id=6772c0ec69a00" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theoasisbbs.com/commodore-d64-files-everything-about-them-you-never-wanted-to-know/?feed_id=913&_unique_id=6772c0ec69a00</a>

Brian DearWow…. end of an era. Dr. Donald L. Bitzer, creator of the PLATO system, and co-inventor of many key technologies like the AC gas-plasma flat-screen display, passed awsy yesterday at 90. Don was the main person I wrote about in my book THE FRIENDLY ORANGE GLOW. No words. RIP, Don.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plato" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plato</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/computerhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#computerhistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#techhistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bitzer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bitzer</a>

Blake PattersonVintage anachronism<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Lisa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lisa</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/iPod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#iPod</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/mouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mouse</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vintagecomputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputers</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#computers</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vintage</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retro</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Macintosh</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/techhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#techhistory</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ByteCellar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ByteCellar</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photo</a>

Blake PattersonBack in the late '90s I registered / paid for a few programs for the Apple Newton with Kagi, one of the early payment processors. I hadn't much thought about them since.On IRC, I just overheard that there is some paid search engine called Kagi, at the same URL. But, what happened to the Kagi I knew? A little digging revealed that it did not end well for the beleaguered company headed by Kee Nethery. Kagi Shuts Down After Falling Prey to Fraud (article dated 2016)<a href="https://tidbits.com/2016/08/04/kagi-shuts-down-after-falling-prey-to-fraud/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://tidbits.com/2016/08/04/kagi-shuts-down-after-falling-prey-to-fraud/</a>"The news was as sad as it was unexpected. Kagi, one of the earliest digital commerce companies and long a favorite of many Mac shareware developers, has shut down as of 31 July 2016, just shy of 22 years in business."Sad story.Web archive link of the old Kagi website: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/19990208004939/https://kagi.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/19990208004939/https://kagi.com/</a> (from Feb 1999)<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kagi</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/payment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#payment</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ecommerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecommerce</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/archive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#archive</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vintagecomputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/computinghistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#computinghistory</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/shareware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shareware</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/techhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#techhistory</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/KeeNethery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KeeNethery</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/searchengine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#searchengine</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#search</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Newton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Newton</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/PalmPilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PalmPilot</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/technews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technews</a>

Stefano MarinelliFor this <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/ThankYouTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThankYouTuesday</a>, I want to express my gratitude to SDF.org. This long-standing community, thriving and healthy, is built on <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/NetBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NetBSD</a>. Many years ago (I’d have to dig through old emails, but it’s definitely over 20 years), I reached out to them for advice on setting up a public access server (which I ended up not doing). They were incredibly kind and provided me with a wealth of information. They are also present in the Fediverse - <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@SDF" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@SDF</a> - showing that they are always keeping up with the times and looking toward the future.Long live SDF, and thank you for everything! <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/SDFCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SDFCommunity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/TechHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Gratitude" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gratitude</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/RunBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RunBSD</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Community</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/ThankYou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThankYou</a>

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