Old software

Give your old Windows computer a second life & make it run like new again with these Performance Tweaks, Hardware upgrades and software tweaks.

Microsoft's legacy browser may be dead—but its remnants are not going anywhere, and neither are its lingering risks.

AVIDAC, Argonne's first digital computer, began operation in January 1953. It was built by the Physics Division for $250,000. Pictured is pioneer Argonne computer scientist Jean F. Hall. AVIDAC stands for "Argonne Version of the Institute's Digital Automatic Computer" and was based on the IAS architecture developed by John von Neumann. Courtesy Argonne National Laboratory.

A project to construct one of the earliest computers, based on sketches by Charles Babbage, has received a major boost.

First Generation (1940-1956) Vacuum Tubes The first generation computer are so enormous that it occupies the whole room and its very expensive and in addition to using a great deal of electricity, generated a lot of heat, which was often the cause of malfunctions. This type of computers used vacuum tubes and magnetic drums for memory. magnetic drums, also referred to as drum, is a metal cylinder coated with magnetic iron-oxide material on which data and programs can be stored. Magnetic drums…

“PowerBook G3 with PowerPod 3”

All screenshots for this post were made by Rakhim Davletkaliev

Developed by Aldus in Seattle, the PageMaker software revolutionized publishing, putting powerful design tools into the hands of anyone with a persona computer. Even the term “desktop publishing” came from Aldus, an attempt to describe the difference between traditional publishing and the new method made possible by PageMaker.

Back in the 1990s, the two major web browsers, Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer, competed for dominance in the First Browser War.

Here's a few shots of the IBM 3180 and some assets I've been putting together for my Stranger Things-inspired scene. Keeping that 1984 aesthetic alive! All renders are Iray in Substance Painter.