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- First Commodore PET sold, June 5, 1977Jun 05, 2026Dave Farquhar
On June 5, 1977, at the summer Consumer Electronics Show, Commodore had its PET 2001 personal computer on display after showing a prototype at the January 1977 show. Chuck Peddle said Commodore took its first distributor order on that day, The post First Commodore PET sold, June 5, 1977 appeared first on The Silicon Underground.
- AMD 486DX4 released June 4, 1995Jun 04, 2026Dave Farquhar
On June 4, 1995, AMD released its DX4 CPU, about six months after Intel released its DX4 CPUs. The AMD CPUs weren’t quite as fast as Intel’s DX4s, but they proved very popular because of their value for money. While The post AMD 486DX4 released June 4, 1995 appeared first on The Silicon Underground.
- GE Widescreen 1000: Big time TV for big budgetsJun 03, 2026Dave Farquhar
The GE Widescreen 1000 was a big time TV for big time budgets in an era of excess, with the tagline “This is GE Performance Television.” Introduced in June 1978, it cost about 3/4 as much as a family sedan The post GE Widescreen 1000: Big time TV for big budgets appeared first on The Silicon Underground.
- Cyrix 486DLC CPU: Introduced June 1992Jun 02, 2026Dave Farquhar
In the first week of June 1992, Cyrix debuted its 486DLC CPU. Cyrix didn’t have its own fabrication plants so they made arrangements with Texas Instruments to manufacture the chips in May 1992. Part of the agreement allowed TI to The post Cyrix 486DLC CPU: Introduced June 1992 appeared first on The Silicon Underground.
- Intel 8088s and non-Intel non-clonesJun 01, 2026Dave Farquhar
The Intel 8088 CPU made its debut June 1, 1978. It rose to fame as the CPU powering the IBM PC, PC/XT, and tens of millions of PC and XT clones from the 1980s. But did you know Intel wasn’t The post Intel 8088s and non-Intel non-clones appeared first on The Silicon Underground.
- Why people say CRTs don’t have pixelsMay 29, 2026Dave Farquhar
I keep hearing people say that CRTs don’t have pixels. That is incorrect. We talked about pixels all the time in the 1980s when CRTs were all we had. In this blog post, I will try to clear up the The post Why people say CRTs don’t have pixels appeared first on The Silicon Underground.
- DR DOS: Revenge of CP/MMay 29, 2026Dave Farquhar
DR DOS was a third party clone of MS DOS that developed a well-deserved niche following in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Even though it was first released May 28, 1988, its copyright date of 1976 suggests some historical The post DR DOS: Revenge of CP/M appeared first on The Silicon Underground.
- AMD K6-2 released May 28, 1998May 27, 2026Dave Farquhar
AMD launched its K6-2 microprocessor on May 28, 1998, a little over a year after its predecessor, the K6. The K6-2 built upon the K6, increasing performance to better compete with the Pentium II. Since it still used the Socket The post AMD K6-2 released May 28, 1998 appeared first on The Silicon Underground.
- Bill Gates’ Internet Tidal Wave Microsoft memoMay 27, 2026Dave Farquhar
30 years ago today, on May 26, 1995, Bill Gates wrote a company memo to Microsoft. It was something he did every few years, outlining the company’s top priority. But this one was different. It was a five-alarm fire titled The post Bill Gates’ Internet Tidal Wave Microsoft memo appeared first on The Silicon Underground.
- What happened to Tandy computersMay 26, 2026Dave Farquhar
What happened to Tandy computers? Tandy was a pioneer in the personal computer industry, one of three companies that introduced pre-built, ready to run computers in 1977. And for about 12 years, they were a force to be reckoned with. The post What happened to Tandy computers appeared first on The Silicon Underground.