The first mobile phone, the Motorola DynaTAC debuted in 1983. What was its price?
The DynaTAC weighed nearly two pounds and measured 10 inches tall... not including its antenna.
Old school articles
FAA finally replacing floppy disks and Windows 95 in air traffic control systems
Better late than never
SilverStone is making another 80s-style case, this time a mid-tower
Retro on the outside, modern on the inside
Decades-old Windows systems are still running trains, printers, and hospitals
You've probably used Windows XP without even knowing it
Which one of these features was available on the 1982 Epson HX-20 notebook computer?
The world's first handheld computer had a feature you'd never expect – can you guess it?
Intel's origin story: Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce left which company to found Intel?
Initially, the new venture was named "Moore Noyce Electronics."
Developer ports compact Llama 2 LLM to DOS in weekend hackathon
Unfortunately, the feat can only be accomplished on computers with 32-bit CPUs
Sega arcade classic OutRun is becoming a movie, directed by Michael Bay
Game to film adaptations are hot right now
The Most Memorable Overclocking-Friendly CPUs
Enthusiasts have pushed silicon to its limits for decades. The thrill of extra performance lives on, and here are some of the most iconic CPUs ever, revered for their overclocking prowess.
How to fax from your phone: Secure, reliable, and effortless
Faxing in the digital age
During its earliest days in development, Windows 1.0 was known by what name?
The graphical user interface for MS-DOS circa 1985
The ghosts in the original Pac-Man had unique AI traits, which was the least predictable?
Also, don't miss our feature 50 Years of Video Games.
How many feet/meters of tape are found in a 60-minute audio cassette tape?
Tech trivia for old schoolers
How much did it cost to rent a movie at the first rental store in the US in 1977?
Decades before the Netflix era.
In old PCs, what was the function of the "Turbo" button?
A long, long time ago, desktop PCs used to have a Turbo button alongside Power and Reset.
Sony Walkman: The First Personal Entertainer
The Sony Walkman was not only a revolutionary device, it was revolutionary on a cultural scale. With the Walkman you could play any song, anywhere, anytime, before the same was possible for movies, e-books or video games.
IRS' aging tech infrastructure is costing money and putting taxpayers at risk
Audit reveals some alarming developments at the agency
Old-school mainframes could see renewed life with AI integration
Mainframes performing AI queries in the cloud is too slow, so AI is coming to mainframes
Cyrix 5x86 and Cyrix 6x86: Gone But Not Forgotten
#TBT Precursor chipmaker Cyrix made personal computing accessible to millions with its affordable budget PCs, only to be killed by its best product and its inability to run a popular game.
Who manufactured the original Nintendo NES 8-bit processor?
Was it Panasonic, Texas Instruments, Ricoh or Xerox?
What Ever Happened to ICQ?
#TBT ICQ, short for "I Seek You," laid the groundwork for instant messaging clients when it debuted in November 1996. Think about how long ago that was... Windows 95 was barely a year old, Nintendo had just introduced the N64, and those with a reason to have a cell phone actually used it to talk on.
The Best Handheld Gaming Consoles
Out of the 12 best-selling gaming consoles of all time, 5 are handheld systems, and that's not including the Nintendo Switch. Handhelds have made a huge comeback and here are our favorite systems.
Intellivision: Gone But Not Forgotten
In the late 1970s, Mattel developed a gaming system called Intellivision to compete against the equally legendary Atari 2600. Both systems would leave a lasting impression on the history of console gaming.
German railway seeks IT admin to manage MS-DOS and Windows 3.11 systems
Legacy systems do have their advantages