If you can't make all parts of a system simple is that a sign it is fundamentally broken or at least flawed? (More)
Month: September 2018
Thoughts and Observations from Gruber
I think John Gruber's take on the Apple announcements at Daring Fireball are spot on. Article
My iPhone Prediction vs. Results
Well, I was wrong about the iPhone 9. That name didn't appear but regarding the persistence of "iPhone X" with possible suffixes seemed to hold. So I was wrong on one side and right on the other. (More)
Fun with MS-DOS 2.10
I’ve been having a blast with DOS 2.10. Actually it’s PC-DOS 2.10, the IBM version. I built a simple DOS VM on VirtualBox on my Mac, found and downloaded PC-DOS install floppy images, maybe there was just one floppy, and booted up the computer from the floppy. (More)
Building a Small Z80 Computer
I came across this really neat video, “Building a small Z80 computers - how old computers and consoles work,” where the author builds almost the simplest possible working Z80 computer. The Z80 was the processor at the heart of many of the CP/M computers in the late 70s and early 80s. (More)
My iPhone Prediction
When the iPhone X, 8, and 8 Plus came out last year, I made a prediction about what would happen this year and after. (More)