New: retrocomputingAll contenthive-129948hive-196917krzzanhive-180932hive-188619hive-150122photographyhive-185836steemhive-183959hive-101145hive-144064hive-183397hive-166405hive-109690uncommonlabhive-139150hive-113376hive-193637hive-103599hive-170554hive-145157hive-111300hive-139765TrendingNewHotLikersdarth-azrael (67)in retrocomputing • 9 hours agoDigital Archaeology: Gateway GT5464I'm not sure when Gateway went from producing among the best pre-built PCs you could get to cheap crap but this machine fits more into the latter category than the former. My first PC was a 486…darth-azrael (67)in retrocomputing • yesterdayByte (March 1979)Cover of the March 1979 issue of Byte Byte was one of the earliest computer magazines and longest running. Publication began in the 1970s and continued through the early 1990s. 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