The defining moments in computing and video game history — verified, dated, and sourced.
A complete walkthrough finding and actually reading the original source code behind major moments in computing history — Netscape's original browser, early Unix, and other codebases released or leaked into the historical record.
A complete walkthrough of the practical steps for personally preserving old floppy disks, cartridges, and software before physical media degrades past the point of recovery — imaging, verifying, and archiving properly.
A complete walkthrough using patent filings and formal standards documents as primary sources for tracing who actually built what first — the same kind of evidence that settled the ENIAC/ABC dispute in court.
A complete walkthrough preparing for and navigating a real or virtual visit to a computing history museum — what to look for, which institutions maintain the strongest collections, and how to use their digital archives remotely.
A complete, practical checklist for verifying a tech history claim you're about to repeat — because a surprising number of widely-believed stories in this space turn out to be embellished, misattributed, or simply wrong.
A complete walkthrough of archive.org's software preservation collections — running historical software directly in your browser, understanding what's preserved and why, and using it as a genuine research resource.
A complete walkthrough setting up an emulator that recreates the original 5150's actual hardware — the 8088 processor, period memory limits, and PC DOS — to run genuinely original early-1980s software.
A complete walkthrough moving from a secondhand claim you've read somewhere to an actual verified fact — court records, SEC filings, contemporaneous news archives, and original announcements, not just another blog post.
A complete walkthrough finding, reading, and actually understanding Request for Comments documents — the original, primary-source specifications behind email, the early internet, and much of the web's foundational technology.
A complete walkthrough of the legitimate ways to experience the games at the center of the 1983 crash and the era around it — official re-releases, subscription libraries, and properly licensed compilations.