As a tech enthusiast in my 40s, I knew right away this video was going to be for me. So many wonderful memories from that time in computing! It's kinda wild to think how long the ATX standard has been around at this point.
Great video! I remember the 1990s very well and upgrading memory and hard drive space, and motherboards (for chipset innovations and increased capabilities) continuously. CD burning became a thing and I was always chasing the fastest burner, buying new hardware as soon as my budget could allow. Fun times! 😃
That's why I have at home a BIG chunk of computer info magazines from that time ! BYTE (kind of an encyclopedia to me), PCMag, PC World, HP Profesional, even Home Computing with the idea of having a business from your home... ah pure nostalgia... don't have the heart to place them in a trash can... NEVER 😊
Yeh in the 90s computers were just magical. The internet was mind boggling for a kid and gaming was really at its peak. The rate of improvement really plateud after the 2000s
I sometimes rewatch episodes of The Computer Chronicles for similar reasons. It’s amazing how much was done in the past that is now considered new. They had episodes on remote work/learning in the 80s and showed touchscreens, etc. way before they become mainstream. I recommend a watch of that show, especially if you haven’t seen it. It’s a massive time capsule and like you mentioned, often predicted the future.
Yes. I remember well Netscape and Windows 95....and, well, yes Piracy of games, music and ms and office type software. It was the Wild West. Fortunately, that's
I loved the early days of computers. I built my first computer in 1975. It was a single board clone of the Kim. It had the amazing brand new Intel 4004!! Then I built the Heathkit H89 with the Zilog Z-80 processor and I've been hooked ever since.
I was born on the turn of the century and grew up with the early 2000s internet and there was still a few hints of the old net at that time but sometimes I still wish I could have grown up a little earlier on to experience it in its true infancy. I get a feeling of nostalgia for the old internet whenever I watch these kinds of vids.
12:04 I looked it up, and it seems that “arm” (yes, lowercase for those who don’t know) stands for “Advanced RISC Machine”, but it used to stand for “Acorn RISC Machine”. (An added bonus for those who are curious, RISC is another acronym for “Reduced Instruction Set Computer”, so I guess one could argue that “arm” actually stands for “Acorn/Advanced Reduced Instruction Set Computer Machine”, but that’s a mouthful)
I would argue, and say 2000's instead. WindowsXP, 3D graphics, best games, internet was mature, PCs were great, peripherics evolved, music on PC became a thing.
It was the decade of innovation and truly custom hardware. We didn't have all the RGB mess, but we had many choices for hardware components. There was a lot of competition when it came to video cards, sound cards, and other add in cards. Plus it was the peak in gaming. Everything today is just a prettier version of what already was. When it comes to hardware and the many different software packages that came with it, I would say we really took a step back. EAX and A3D were the peak in sound quality. People gave up 7.1 and 5.1 surround sound systems for headphones today.
I still have my 1993 486DX66 with 8MB of memory and 200MB HDD. I used Windows for Workgroups 3.11 with CompuServe and later the Internet. I still have a WfW 3.11 VM to have an easy look at my past and it still has access to the old Internet sites. My favorite OSes of all times are WfW 3.11, Windows XP Home and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I agree with your great period of the nineties from the 486 till the Pentium III and from Win 3.0 to Win 98SE, but the second great HW period ends now and it started with the 1st Ryzen CPU :) :) The 2nd great Software period was from 2002 to 2012 with the introduction of Windows XP, Windows 7 (the 3rd service pack of Vista); Ubuntu 4.10 and Ubuntu Unity 12.04 LTS.
UNIXware, OpenServer, FreeBSD, Linux, SunOS, NextStep, OpenStep, macOS 6, 8, 9, Ultrix, 386BSD, NetBSD, Jolix, Openvms, , Blizzard was actually a good gaming company that actually made good games lol, the start or ID Software games like doom in 1993 and wolf3d man i remember those days commander keen games , prince of perssia OG dude baldur's gates
As a tech enthusiast in my 40s, I knew right away this video was going to be for me. So many wonderful memories from that time in computing! It's kinda wild to think how long the ATX standard has been around at this point.
Great video! I remember the 1990s very well and upgrading memory and hard drive space, and motherboards (for chipset innovations and increased capabilities) continuously. CD burning became a thing and I was always chasing the fastest burner, buying new hardware as soon as my budget could allow. Fun times! 😃
That's why I have at home a BIG chunk of computer info magazines from that time ! BYTE (kind of an encyclopedia to me), PCMag, PC World, HP Profesional, even Home Computing with the idea of having a business from your home... ah pure nostalgia... don't have the heart to place them in a trash can... NEVER 😊
Yeh in the 90s computers were just magical. The internet was mind boggling for a kid and gaming was really at its peak. The rate of improvement really plateud after the 2000s
The innovations in gaming were great, I remember getting Decent for Dos for my birthday and it was ground breaking at the time
I sometimes rewatch episodes of The Computer Chronicles for similar reasons. It’s amazing how much was done in the past that is now considered new. They had episodes on remote work/learning in the 80s and showed touchscreens, etc. way before they become mainstream. I recommend a watch of that show, especially if you haven’t seen it. It’s a massive time capsule and like you mentioned, often predicted the future.
Yes. I remember well Netscape and Windows 95....and, well, yes Piracy of games, music and ms and office type software. It was the Wild West. Fortunately, that's
I loved the early days of computers. I built my first computer in 1975. It was a single board clone of the Kim. It had the amazing brand new Intel 4004!! Then I built the Heathkit H89 with the Zilog Z-80 processor and I've been hooked ever since.
im 42 so i was basically teenager mostly in the 90s
We must build a 90s computer powerfull enough to take us back to the 90s , that would be great .
I was born on the turn of the century and grew up with the early 2000s internet and there was still a few hints of the old net at that time but sometimes I still wish I could have grown up a little earlier on to experience it in its true infancy. I get a feeling of nostalgia for the old internet whenever I watch these kinds of vids.
12:04 I looked it up, and it seems that “arm” (yes, lowercase for those who don’t know) stands for “Advanced RISC Machine”, but it used to stand for “Acorn RISC Machine”.
(An added bonus for those who are curious, RISC is another acronym for “Reduced Instruction Set Computer”, so I guess one could argue that “arm” actually stands for “Acorn/Advanced Reduced Instruction Set Computer Machine”, but that’s a mouthful)
I would argue, and say 2000's instead. WindowsXP, 3D graphics, best games, internet was mature, PCs were great, peripherics evolved, music on PC became a thing.
It was the decade of innovation and truly custom hardware. We didn't have all the RGB mess, but we had many choices for hardware components. There was a lot of competition when it came to video cards, sound cards, and other add in cards. Plus it was the peak in gaming. Everything today is just a prettier version of what already was. When it comes to hardware and the many different software packages that came with it, I would say we really took a step back. EAX and A3D were the peak in sound quality. People gave up 7.1 and 5.1 surround sound systems for headphones today.
I still have my 1993 486DX66 with 8MB of memory and 200MB HDD. I used Windows for Workgroups 3.11 with CompuServe and later the Internet. I still have a WfW 3.11 VM to have an easy look at my past and it still has access to the old Internet sites. My favorite OSes of all times are WfW 3.11, Windows XP Home and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I agree with your great period of the nineties from the 486 till the Pentium III and from Win 3.0 to Win 98SE, but the second great HW period ends now and it started with the 1st Ryzen CPU :) :) The 2nd great Software period was from 2002 to 2012 with the introduction of Windows XP, Windows 7 (the 3rd service pack of Vista); Ubuntu 4.10 and Ubuntu Unity 12.04 LTS.
*sweet!
i remember people talking about Risc processsors and RiscOS 2 and 3 i actually ran RiscOS 3 in ms dos lol
The 90's was great
I miss the Amiga 2000 etc.. :) kick myself for literly giveing mine away.
Microsoft still had most of the market starting with Win 3.1, and before that with DOS.
UNIXware, OpenServer, FreeBSD, Linux, SunOS, NextStep, OpenStep, macOS 6, 8, 9, Ultrix, 386BSD, NetBSD, Jolix, Openvms, , Blizzard was actually a good gaming company that actually made good games lol, the start or ID Software games like doom in 1993 and wolf3d man i remember those days commander keen games , prince of perssia OG dude baldur's gates
not really i say NeXT and sparc probably where nice :) and SGi
To this day I'm still butt hurt over Nokia fumbling away the potential they had with Nokia 770, N810, N900 and Maemo operating system
same