ZIP Drive: The 1990’s storage revolution, a failed unit, and the rescue using a sealed NOS (new old stock) drive In the 1990s, storing large volumes of data was a major challenge for home and professional users. In that context, Iomega introduced the ZIP Drive in 1994, delivering 100 MB per disk, a massive improvement compared to the 1.44 MB […]
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CP-500 (TRS-80) Reactivating an old post I made with new information, about this one that was a technology icon in the 80’s in Brazil, the famous CP-500, considered by many to be the first personal computer in Brazil. The “CP-500” was a computer manufactured by Prologica during the 80’s in Brazil. Based on the American “TRS-80” architecture, it used the […]
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Now with more free time due to the pandemic, I had the courage and finally managed to finish a project forgotten over the years, which was the restoration of my IBM Aptiva K45 (Model 2144). I am the second owner of this beautiful Aptiva. I acquired this equipment around the year 2000. Since, at the time of its launch, a […]
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How is this even possible? A 1993 desktop still running on a 2020 machine?“Nostalgia took over us.” So, lets go… For those unfamiliar, the CDE (Common Desktop Environment) is a desktop environment for UNIX. It was part of UNIX and has long been the “classic” desktop associated with commercial UNIX workstations. Originally HP, IBM, SunSoft and USL announced CDE in […]
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