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Written by Benj Edwards on 2025-01-18 at 02:24

The PC is Dead: It's Time To Make Computing Personal Again

My new essay on how we lost control of personal computing to Internet surveillance, DRM, and extractive business models—and how we can launch the era of Personal Computer 2.0

https://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/3292/

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Written by Benj Edwards on 2024-10-08 at 11:49

@48kRAM Hey Josh are you on Bluesky? If not it would be cool to have you there! The retro scene there is getting stronger

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Written by Benj Edwards on 2024-10-02 at 12:13

Happy Wed-NES-day

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Written by Benj Edwards on 2024-09-28 at 00:53

Does anybody want to buy some computers like my Commodore PET 2001-32 N and the disk drive unit

Very clean physical condition for age, but has error on power-on. Likely needs a swapped chip, but don’t know which

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Written by Benj Edwards on 2024-09-21 at 00:11

What is new, what is cool, and what is good?

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Written by Benj Edwards on 2024-09-01 at 14:52

The Superscape Virtual Reality demo for MS-DOS was my first “VR” experience. 😁 Blew my mind back in 1993

https://archive.org/details/superscape-public-domain-demo

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Written by Benj Edwards on 2024-08-31 at 12:46

Honest question: what’s the best modern skateboard for a 43 year-old man who just wants to skate around in circles on a rough concrete driveway for exercise?

I’ve had the same Sims skateboard since 1989-ish and it still works great, but it might be fun to try something new

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Written by Benj Edwards on 2024-08-16 at 16:44

So what’s the good news in the world today?

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Written by Benj Edwards on 2024-08-14 at 03:14

“kas’s 1133rd game of carpet”

This Mac belonged to my friend Kris, who loved solitaire card games. He gave it to me a few years before he died

RIP Kris 🫡

♠️♥️♣️♦️

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Written by Benj Edwards on 2024-08-12 at 04:55

Currently playing Peggle: World of Warcraft Edition on a 2010 Dell netbook and it feels like peak Y2K10

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Written by Benj Edwards on 2024-08-09 at 21:46

Enthusiasm for Dark Castle on the Mac from my late friend Doug

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Written by Benj Edwards on 2024-08-07 at 13:53

I need help: What is the best office chair I can order off Amazon today for under $300

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