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- What happened to GEM?Feb 27, 2026Dave Farquhar
GEM was an early GUI for the IBM PC and compatibles and, later, the Atari ST, developed by Digital Research, the developers of CP/M and, later, DR-DOS. (Digital Equipment Corporation was a different company.) So what was it, and what The post What happened to GEM? appeared first on The Silicon Underground.
- Pentium III launched Feb 28, 1999Feb 26, 2026Dave Farquhar
26 years ago this week the Pentium III launched. It was noteworthy for being the CPU that broke the gigahertz barrier, but also for being a better chip than its successor. The Pentium 4 clocked higher, but a Pentium III The post Pentium III launched Feb 28, 1999 appeared first on The Silicon Underground.
- Game designer Sid Meier born Feb. 24, 1954Feb 25, 2026Dave Farquhar
Legendary game designer Sid Meier was born February 24, 1954. After creating a run of popular flight simulators in the early and mid 1980s, he shifted to strategy games in the second half of the decade, creating some of the The post Game designer Sid Meier born Feb. 24, 1954 appeared first on The Silicon Underground.
- What happened to Fry’s ElectronicsFeb 24, 2026Dave Farquhar
For about three decades, Fry’s Electronics was the go-to computer store for enthusiasts, almost an Ikea of computer stores. It was a big box store, larger than Comp USA, selling not just software and pre-built computers and peripherals, but also The post What happened to Fry’s Electronics appeared first on The Silicon Underground.
- History of Dell computersFeb 23, 2026Dave Farquhar
The history of Dell computers is a classic story of how a little guy took on a titan of business and ended up becoming a titan himself, the kind of story Americans love to tell. Like many computer industry stories, The post History of Dell computers appeared first on The Silicon Underground.
- On February 20, 2010 a VIC-20 tweetedFeb 20, 2026Dave Farquhar
Fifteen years ago, Twitter was still relevant. And nobody had ever tweeted from a Commodore VIC-20, the best selling computer of 1982, before. Syd Bolton, the curator of the Canadian Personal Computer Museum, decided to fix that. And on February The post On February 20, 2010 a VIC-20 tweeted appeared first on The Silicon Underground.
- Office Space released Feb. 19, 1999Feb 19, 2026Dave Farquhar
The classic black comedy Office Space debuted in theaters February 19, 1999. It was Mike Judge’s first live-action film. Judge is better known for his animated series Beavis and Butt-Head and King of the Hill, but I’ll argue Office Space The post Office Space released Feb. 19, 1999 appeared first on The Silicon Underground.
- Windows 2000 release dateFeb 18, 2026Dave Farquhar
Windows 2000 was released to the public February 17, 2000 to much anticipation. It wasn’t a consumer operating system, but businesses looked forward to a step forward from Windows NT 4.0 that would bring better reliability and ease of use. The post Windows 2000 release date appeared first on The Silicon Underground.
- First BBS goes online Feb. 16, 1978Feb 17, 2026Dave Farquhar
On February 16, 1978, Ward Christensen and Randy Suess launched the first public dialup BBS, or bulletin board system, the predecessor of online discussion forums and web sites like Reddit and Digg. An electronic bulletin board over dialup With no The post First BBS goes online Feb. 16, 1978 appeared first on The Silicon Underground.
- Youtube founding date: February 15, 2005Feb 16, 2026Dave Farquhar
YouTube’s founding date was February 15, 2005. Its founders were Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim, three early employees of PayPal. It was their next project after Ebay purchased Paypal and left the three with a windfall. On October The post Youtube founding date: February 15, 2005 appeared first on The Silicon Underground.