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xtrs - Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I/III/4/4P emulator for Unix

Wednesday, October 07 2009 @ 00:22 CEST
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xtrs is a Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I/III/4/4P emulator for Unix and the X Window System. It includes lower case, the real time clock, hi-res graphics, serial port, parallel printer, mouse, cassette, sound and music output (requires OSS), 5" and 8" floppy disk drives in single and double density, and even hard disk drives.

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Test from QtMoko

Wednesday, September 30 2009 @ 15:03 CEST
Contributed by: tingo
Views: 134

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OneSwarm

Sunday, September 27 2009 @ 22:11 CEST
Contributed by: tingo
Views: 86

OneSwarm is a privacy-preserving P2P client developed at the University of Washington. Although backwards compatible with BitTorrent, it also includes new features designed to protect user privacy when sharing data among friends through creating a distributed darknet, so-called friend-to-friend sharing.

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Old Operating Systems Don’t Die…

Sunday, September 20 2009 @ 00:45 CEST
Contributed by: tingo
Views: 115

Interesting article: Old Operating Systems Don’t Die… I didn't know that so many of these has, well survived. Sort of.

DragonFly BSD 2.4 released

Friday, September 18 2009 @ 12:03 CEST
Contributed by: tingo
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DragonFly BSD 2.4 was released on September 16th, 2009. This is the first release of DragonFly with a 64-bit ISO. 64-bit support is stable, but there will only be limited pkgsrc support in the current release. You can choose from a bare-bones CD ISO, a DVD ISO that includes an X environment, and a bare-bones bootable USB drive image.

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Haiku R1/Alpha 1 is here!

Monday, September 14 2009 @ 23:48 CEST
Contributed by: tingo
Views: 94

Do you remember BeOS? In its time it was the coolest os ever, at least for the people who used and loved it. Today, the Haiku Project announces the availability of Haiku R1/Alpha 1 - the first alpha release of Haiku.

(first seen on OSnews)

ZebraScan

Wednesday, September 09 2009 @ 10:45 CEST
Contributed by: tingo
Views: 87

ZebraScan is a 1-D product barcode scanner for Nokia phone models and the iPhone. It gives you quick and convenient access to price and product information right at the store.

Open design for a 67 TB array

Sunday, September 06 2009 @ 21:23 CEST
Contributed by: tingo
Views: 109

Petabytes on a budget: How to build cheap cloud storage explain how you can build network storage cheaper than most commercial alternatives. And the design is freely available. They even explain what software they are using. Very cool!
(via Boing Boing)

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zxing - bar code processing library

Thursday, September 03 2009 @ 21:06 CEST
Contributed by: tingo
Views: 99

ZXing (pronounced "zebra crossing") is an open-source, multi-format 1D/2D barcode image processing library implemented in Java. The focus is on using the built-in camera on mobile phones to photograph and decode barcodes on the device, without communicating with a server.

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Linux Baby Rocker

Friday, August 28 2009 @ 22:25 CEST
Contributed by: tingo
Views: 109

The Linux Baby Rocker is the best non-computer, practical use of Linux I have seen yet. Extremely cool!
(first seen on Boing Boing)

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