GoKawiil - Tech News

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Computer Reset, Dallas (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-17 | by Dave Farquhar | get vintage IBM PCjr computer collectible → | tags: computer reset, richard byron, dallas

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Another Intel iMac has joined Apple’s vintage products list (9to5mac.com)

2026-09-15 | by Marcus Mendes | get Apple iMac 24 inch M4 → | tags: intel imac, vintage products list, apple

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Vintage Violence is an absurdist crime thriller for phone addicts (theverge.com)

2026-09-15 | by Andrew Webster | tags: vintage violence, eugene kotlyarenko, tiff 2026

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Sony's First Computer – The SMC-70 from 1982 [video] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-13 | get Sony PlayStation 5 console → | tags: sony, smc-70, 1982

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The Interim Computer Museum (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-13 | get The Computer Book Simson Garfinkel → | tags: interim computer museum, sdf public access unix, vintage hardware

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Vintage Scientific Papers with LaTeX (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-09 | tags: latex, metapost, luatex

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Vintage Emulator Studio recreates 44 legendary synths down to the chip level — free MAME-powered component-level emulation should offer exceedingly accurate sound (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-08 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Akai MPK Mini MK3 MIDI keyboard controller → | tags: vintage emulator studio, mame, autodafe

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Steve Wozniak-signed Apple-1 motherboard could fetch $800,000 at auction (techspot.com)

2026-09-04 | by Kishalaya Kundu | get iWoz Steve Wozniak book → | tags: apple-1, steve wozniak, mos technology

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Vintage Artificial Intelligence: Before It Got Awkward (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-24 | get wooden chess set → | tags: artificial intelligence, vintage, awkward

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Maxell brings back classic 1970s cassette tapes — 1970s ferric formula is custom-made for vintage PC data drives (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-23 | by Mark Tyson | get Maxell UR-90 blank cassette tapes → | tags: maxell, cassette tapes, disk union

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Redeeming Google Play Points could win you a vintage Spider-Man comic worth crazy money (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: google play points, marvel amazing fantasy #15, new york comic con

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Apple adds iPhone X and 2018 MacBook Pro to obsolete products list (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-13 | by Marcus Mendes | tags: iphone x, macbook pro, apple

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Which of your old cables are actually worth keeping? (engadget.com)

2026-07-24 | by Gabriela Vătu | tags: firewire, scsi, cables

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The vintage beauty of Soviet control rooms (2018) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-11 | tags: beauty, beauty soviet, control

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HamsterOS: A graphical desktop OS that fits on a 1.44MB floppy (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-29 | by Donald Papp | tags: hamsteros, greasweazle, vintage hardware

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Working around dragons with the Lemote Yeeloong laptop and OpenBSD (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-28 | by View My Complete Profile | get OpenBSD Laptop Bundle → | tags: lemote, yeeloong, openbsd

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RAM crisis provokes enthusiast to try Windows 11 on DDR1-era hardware — other key vintage components included the Core 2 Q6600 and ATI Radeon HD 4650 AGP (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-27 | by Mark Tyson | get Vintage PC RAM Upgrade → | tags: ram crisis, windows 11, core 2 quad

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Grand Theft Auto 6 preorders begin tonight at midnight local time in the US; here's where to buy — get yours now, it's in the garage and ready to roll (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-25 | by Bruno Ferreira | get GTA V Premium Edition → | tags: gta 6, rockstar games, vintage vice city

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How do you keep Web MIDI from crashing a 1983 synthesizer? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-24 | get MIDI Thru Box → | tags: web midi, yamaha dx7, usb-midi

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Rockstar finally reveals pricing for Grand Theft Auto 6 (engadget.com)

2026-06-24 | by Steve Dent | get GTA 6 Collector's Edition → | tags: rockstar games, grand theft auto 6, ps5

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A Vintage, Last-of-Its-Kind Aircraft Will Launch NASA’s Swift Rescue Mission (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-19 | get NASA Vintage Aircraft Model → | tags: nasa, swift, lockheed l-1011

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Vintage AMD R600 Graphics Driver Sees Code Cleanups Thanks To GitHub Copilot (slashdot.org)

2026-06-14 | by Posted | get AMD Radeon Software Driver → | tags: amd, github copilot, r600

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Building a serial and VGA "everything console" (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-14 | by View My Complete Profile | get VGA to HDMI Adapter → | tags: vintage computing, 6502, palmos

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Making a vintage LLM from scratch (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-11 | by Cristi Constantin | get AI Model Development Kit → | tags: dataset, model, prompt

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Linux developers are using AI vibe coding to keep vintage AMD GPUs alive — R600 driver cleaned up with GitHub Copilot gives HD 2000 to HD 6000 series a new lease of life (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-09 | by Aaron Klotz | get AMD Radeon GPU Repair Kit → | tags: code, developers, driver

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Show HN: GentleOS – A pair of hobby OSes for vintage 32-bit and 16-bit PCs (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-07 | get Vintage PC Maintenance Kit → | tags: apps, devices, gentleos

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Why a Neo Geo port of Doom is functionally impossible (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-02 | tags: neo geo, doom, modern vintage gamer

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Ahoy, DECmate II the little PDP-8 that could (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-31 | by View My Complete Profile | get Vintage DECmate II Computer → | tags: pdp-8, decmate ii, vintage computing

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Retro enthusiast injects Snake game into vintage S3 graphics card VBIOS — enjoy some serpentum fun while your old PC boots (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-23 | by Mark Tyson | get Vintage Graphics Card VBIOS Kit → | tags: s3 graphics, snake game, vbios

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EEVblog: The 555 Timer is 55 years old [video] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-05 | get 555 Timer IC Kit → | tags: eevblog, 555 timer, electronics