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Emhlabeni lapho izigidi zabantu ziphethe amakhompiyutha asezingeni lawo-1990s emaphaketheni abo, kumnandi ukuphinde uvakashele ezobuchwepheshe kusukela esikhathini lapho umshini ongu-1 megahertz kudeskithophu umele ukugxumela phambili okubalulekile. Muva nje, umqoqi ogama lakhe linguBrian Green ubonise iqoqo lakhe lekhompyutha lakudala ku-Twitter, futhi sicabange ukuthi kungaba mnandi ukumbuza ngokuthi kungani futhi wayimisa kanjani ilebhu yakhe yekhompyutha yasekhaya.
Emini, uGreen usebenza njengonjiniyela wezinhlelo eziphezulu ozinze e-Arkansas. Kodwa emahoreni akhe okuphumula, i-“Ice Breaker” (njengoba avame ukwaziwa ngayo ku-inthanethi) igxila kakhulu eqoqweni lekhompiyutha lakudala asele alakha amashumi eminyaka—kanye nohlelo lwebhodi lezaziso.BBS) ebizwa ngokuthi “Particles” ubelokhu eyigijima kusukela ngo-1992.
Intshisekelo kaGreen kumakhompyutha ihlehlela emuva ku-1980, lapho eqala ukusebenzisa i- I-Apple II+ esikoleni samabanga aphansi. “Udadewethu omdala weza nencwadi ephrintiwe yohlelo lwe-BASIC ayesebenza kulo, futhi ngakujabulela ukuthi ukwazi ukutshela ikhompuyutha ukuthi yenzeni usebenzisa into efana nesiNgisi,” kukhumbula uGreen. “Lapho ngiqaphela ukuthi ungakwazi ukuqopha imidlalo, ngangibanjwe.”
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Ukudubula okubanzi kwegumbi kuveza ukusethwa okuhlanganisa izindawo zokusebenza eziningi lapho u-Brian Green noma izivakashi zakhe zingasebenzisa imishini yakhe yakudala.
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I-4×3 dimensional yemishini yakudala ibeka udonga, enemishini evela ku-Atari, Tandy, ne-Commodore emelelwe kakhulu. Phakathi kwabo, uGreen uhlobise udonga ngemifanekiso ehlobene namakhompuyutha akudala namakhonsoli wegeyimu yevidiyo.
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Ngeke ukwazi ukubona i-Commodore CD32 ne-CDTV ndawonye endaweni eyodwa, kancane kakhulu phezu kwenye njengasekhoneni elingezansi kwesokudla lalesi sithombe.
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Ukuvalwa kwamashalofu nomsebenzi wobuciko ohlobisa udonga. I-Commodore B128 engavamile ihlala eshalofini eliphansi kakhulu elibheke maphakathi nesithombe.
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Lapha sibona i-Apple III ethandekayo kaGreen, eyayizingela kakhulu phakathi kwayo yonke imishini yakhe. Futhi, i-Mac SE kanye ne-Apple IIgs.
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Lawo makhethini abopha igumbi ndawonye. Futhi umuntu angazibuza ukuthi yimaphi amagugu e-retro ahlala ngaphakathi kwekhabethe.
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Kuleli engeli, sibona i-Commodore CBM 8032, i-Commodore 16, kanye namazwibela e-IBM PCjr kwesokunxele. Bheka ucingo olubomvu lwakudala olunobuhlakani bango-1980.
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Nakhu ukuhlolisisa i-Apple IIc Plus, inguqulo eyivelakancane ye-Apple IIc ethathe amadiski angu-3.5-intshi.
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Eduze nje kokwelashwa kwamafasitela e-retro 1980s, uGreen usethe ishalofu eline-Amiga 500, Amiga 3000, kanye nalokho okubonakala njengamakhompyutha amabili e-Amiga 600.
Naphezu kokuhlangana kwakhe kwasekuqaleni ne-Apple II, ngo-1982 UCommodore 64 ngempela wayizuza inhliziyo yakhe. Njengekhompyutha yakhe yokuqala ene-disk drive, yeza ngentengo ethandekayo yengane, ngakho wachitha lonke ihlobo elondoloza imali emzileni wakhe wephepha ukuze ayithenge. Uthi: “Iningi labangane bami lalinaso ngaleso sikhathi.
Namuhla, iqoqo lekhompiyutha elidala likaGreen lihlanganisa izinhlobo eziningi zemishini, kanti eyivelakancane ingu-a I-Commodore B128-80 kusukela ngo-1982. Njengengxenye ye-Commodore B Series ehlulekile yamakhompyutha, imodeli ayizange iphume ngomnyango ngaphambi kokuthi ipulaki idonswe, ngokusho kukaGreen. “Kulolu chungechunge lwe-B, lolu luvame kakhulu, lwenziwe lucishe lube ngu-10,000,” kusho uGreen. “Nakuba amanye amamodeli ayembalwa njengamakhulu ambalwa.”
Sambuza ukuthi iyiphi i-computer okunzima ukuyilandela, wakhomba abafile I-Apple IIIi-Apple eyethula ngo-1980 njengokulandelela okunamandla kwebhizinisi kwesandulelo sayo esidume kakhulu: “Cishe bengizingela i-Apple III isikhathi eside kakhulu. Amakhompyutha amaningi ayatholakala uma uzimisele ukusebenzisa imali ku-eBay, kodwa lokho akunjalo. kumnandi njengokucosha okuthile embukisweni noma emakethe yezeze.Ngithole i-Apple III esebenzayo ekugcineni I-Vintage Computer Festival Midwest ngentengo enhle futhi iboniswe ngokuziqhenya.”
Ukusetha ilebhu yekhompyutha yakhe
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UBrian Green uyawujabulela umsakazo oyimfundamakhwela (KF5MDY) njengoba enza i-BBSing namakhompyutha akudala, ngakho ukusetha kwakhe kunendawo evelele elebhu yakhe yekhompyutha—eceleni nje kwe-Apple III.
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Isethaphu yomsakazo we-ham eduze kwekhompyutha yesimanje, iphosta ye-Ferrari F40, kanye nesibhengezo sephrinta esiphakelayo ugandaganda esizungeza ikhwalithi “yemhume womuntu” zelebhu yekhompyutha.
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Ishalofu lezincwadi likaBrian Green ligcwele izindaba eziningi zomagazini we-Retro Gamer, omagazini bakudala bekhompyutha, isofthiwe esebhokisini, nokunye. Ungakwazi ukubona ikhophi ye-OS/2?
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Iqoqo le-Nintendo GameCube kanye ne-Nintendo DS consoles lihlala phezu kweshalofu lezincwadi eligcwele ezakudala zekhompyutha.
Kusukela kulezi zithombe, kuyacaca ukuthi ilebhu yekhompiyutha yasekhaya yakwaGreen iwumsebenzi wokufunda ngezikhali zobuchwepheshe bezinga lezikhali. Umgomo wakhe uwukwenza kabusha ulwazi lwekhompyutha lwango-1980, lapho ekhule efunda omagazini njenge-Family Computing.
“Njalo ngenyanga bekumenyezelwa noma kubuyekezwe ikhompuyutha entsha,” usho kanje. “Ngangiseyingane ngaleso sikhathi futhi ngingakwazi ukukhokhela noma iyiphi yalawa makhompyutha, kodwa ngangihlale ngithakazelelwa yizo zonke i-hardware ehlukene. Ngangifuna ukuzizama zonke! Ngizama ukusebenzisa ‘i-period correct’ hardware ngangokunokwenzeka, nakuba kukhona nokushayisana kwe-hardware entsha kule mishini, futhi.”
