On October 11, 1999, Nvidia released its GeForce 256, its first product that it described as a GPU. What made the Nvidia GeForce 256 the first GPU? I’m sure 3dfx fans would argue that 3dfx made GPUs, and it seems The post Nvidia’s first GPU: GeForce 256 appeared first on The Silicon Underground .

Telecommunications pioneer Ward Christensen was born October 23, 1945 in West Bend, Wis. He died aged 78 October 11, 2024 in Rolling Meadows, Ill., a suburb of Chicago. Christensen invented the Xmodem file transfer protocol and co-invented the bulletin board The post Ward Christensen, telecommunications pioneer appeared first on The Silicon Underground .

On October 9, 2008, Infogrames completed its purchase of Atari Inc. The deal, which the two companies agreed to in May, led to speculation that the acquisition would be the end of Atari. Instead, it had the opposite effect, though The post The Infogrames-Atari merger of 2008 appeared first on The Silicon Underground .

When Commodore released its VIC-20 computer in 1981, it also released was a matching joystick and paddles. Cast in white plastic like the VIC-20, the Commodore VIC-1311 looked like a two-tone Atari joystick from the same time period. And the The post Commodore’s knockoff Atari joystick from 1982 appeared first on The Silicon Underground .

On October 9, 1991, Apple Records settled one of its many lawsuits with Apple Computer. It wasn’t the first time the two companies tangled. Nor would it be the last. Apple Records was the Beatles’ record label. Apple Computer was, The post When Apple Records sued Apple Computer appeared first on The Silicon Underground .

Commodore went through a revolving door of executives after Jack Tramiel resigned due to conflicts with Irving Gould. On October 6, 1987, it was Max Toy’s turn. On that day, Commodore hired him. And for a while, it seemed like The post Max Toy, embattled Commodore president appeared first on The Silicon Underground .

On October 6, 1983, Lotus Development held its very successful IPO worth $5.5 billion. Founded by Mitch Kapor and Jonathan Sachs in 1982, Lotus was the publisher of a spreadsheet called Lotus 1-2-3. Two months after their IPO, they were The post Lotus: Second largest software publisher in the world (in 1983) appeared first on The Silicon Underground .

On October 5, 1992, IBM released its first three Thinkpad models. IBM had portable computers before, starting with its luggable Portable PC from 1984 and PC Convertible from 1986. But none of them had the lasting success of the Thinkpad, The post The IBM Thinkpad’s 1992 debut appeared first on The Silicon Underground .

About three and a half years ago, I had to make some changes to my format and workflow. It wasn’t the first time I’d done things like that and probably won’t be the last. And usually when I make changes, The post Weekend content through the end of 2026 appeared first on The Silicon Underground .

The Home Depot near me stopped doing cull lumber. I don’t know if that’s just a local thing or if the whole chain stopped doing it. That sent me looking for alternatives, and I found one at Menards. Menards does The post Cull lumber at Menards appeared first on The Silicon Underground .