How the FM TOWNS boots from CD-ROM

Performance-oriented developers usually throw around "data-oriented design" when talking about optimizing for cutting-edge CPUs and GPUs with advanced SIMD units, but some of their tricks are surprisi…

One interesting language design thread we've stumbled upon with Swift, but haven't fully developed, is the use of coroutines as an alternative to higher-order functions for building "control flow like…

One of the things I like about retrocomputing is the way the limitations of older computers give a "grain" to the software that runs on them, like how film grain affects the quality of the image in a …

--> Back in 2017, luxury fashion house Chanel did a "Data Center Collection" runway show featuring a bunch of their classic purse designs with integrated LED displays. I don't think these pieces…

The previous owner of my FM TOWNS UX20 thoughtfully removed the CMOS battery from the computer to keep it from exploding and damaging the electronics inside, but unfortunately, TOWNS OS uses the CMOS …