Creative Sound Blaster Live, year 2001, PCI connector

Sound and network cards for IBM 300GL

Do you remember the IBM 300GL that I purchased some time ago? I had talked about it in this article. Now, I decided to update the computer a little and enhance it with some tabs: a sound card and a network card. I also have [...]

PC portatile trasportabile, IBM 5155. Anno: 1984. Linguaggio di programmazione di default: Basic. Tastiera meccanica QWERTY (layout italiano), 83 tasti. CPU: Intel 8088, 4.77 MHz, con possibilità di espansione per coprocessore matematico 8087. RAM: 512 KB (minimo 256 KB, espandibile fino a 640 KB). ROM: 40 KB. Modalità testo: 25 righe x 80 colonne. Modalità grafica: CGA, 320 x 200 pixel, 640 x 200 pixel. Monitor: integrato, CRT 9", color ambra. Suono: beep. Dimensioni e peso: 50 x 43 x 20 cm, 13.6 Kg. Porta seriale e parallela. Porte di espansione: 7. Drive: 2 x 5" 1/4 dischi floppy (360 KB). Sistema operativo: PC-DOS 2.1

IBM 5155

This yes that was a good purchase! An IBM 5155 laptop. Spectacular! This time I went to pick it up personally, to avoid transport problems. Here is a short video that I made, related to the proof of this magnificent retro [...]

History of the computer, Documentary HistoryBit, abacus, electromechanical calculator, history of calculation

History of the Computer, documentary #1

On the occasion of my visit to the HistoryBit retro computer collection, I had the pleasure of meeting Davide Fornasiero, together with his brother Alberto Fornasiero. Davide has always been passionate about vintage technology. He made this documentary, which describes the evolution [...]