Category Archives: Retro Computing

ircII — chat like it’s 1991

Posted on November 28, 2025 by Jason

In previous posts, I mentioned that I was able to build and use an IRC client and wanted to dive a little more deeply into that. I built ircII 2.8.2, the final release of the classic Unix irc client from … Continue reading →

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Ultrix Gaming

Posted on November 21, 2025 by Jason

So with a working Ultrix machine on which I can chat on irc, send and receive email, and read and respond to newsgroups, I needed something idle to do to pass the time once there were no more messages to … Continue reading →

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The DecStation Saga

Posted on November 12, 2025 by Jason

I came across this machine a year or two ago in the “free pile” of our monthly meeting of local Retro Computing enthusiasts. At the meeting, we hooked up a serial line to it , turned it on and found … Continue reading →

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Retro Data Structures

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Jason

One of the more fun things I do with my spare time is to play around with old computers. Specifically, I enjoy my Atari 800. I recently started thinking about a small game to write on the machine, something with … Continue reading →

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