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• Something we forgot to mention

  Posted on January 2, 2025 at 03:00 CST by Will Fastie • Comment in the Forums
  

  Intel 8080

  2024 marked the 50th anniversary of the introduction of the Intel 8080 processor. It is an important event in the history of IBM-compatible personal computers because it is the immediate predecessor of the Intel 8086 and its brother with the 8-bit bus, the 8088. For many of us, personal computing began with the IBM PC and the x86 architecture, but the true birth of the PC industry was powered seven years earlier by the 8080 in iconic and important products such as the Altair 8800.

  If you’re near Silicon Valley, you can visit the Intel Museum through March to see its exhibit about the 8080. Those not close can visit the virtual museum.

  Intel took a risk with the 8080 because it was not 100% compatible with the previous 8008. It was close enough that code could be quickly ported (Intel supplied source code converters for the purpose), and the 8080 flourished. It’s safe to say that without the success of the 8080, Intel might have had problems making what would become the big step to x86.

  Intel History, Intel, Personal Computers, Technology

• Let your PC start the new year right! (Part Two)

  Posted on January 17, 2022 at 02:45 CST by Fred Langa • Comment in the Forums

  ISSUE 19.03 • 2022-01-17

  LANGALIST

  

  By Fred Langa

  Taking a little time now to thoroughly check and proactively service your Windows PC can pay off big time in the coming year.

  Whether you’re planning to move to Windows 11 or stick with Windows 10 (or even 8.1!), this easy-to-follow annual checkup is preventive medicine that can help ensure that your PC begins 2022 in the best shape possible!

  Editor’s note: This topic is an AskWoody tradition. We plan to refresh and republish it in January every year. In this year’s two-part edition, Fred provides abundant references to classic, detailed PC-maintenance how-tos originally published in Windows Secrets and AskWoody!

  Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 19.03.0 (2022-01-17).
  This story also appears in the AskWoody Free Newsletter 19.03.F (2022-01-17).

  LangaList LangaList, Newsletters, Personal Computers

• Let your PC start the new year right!

  Posted on January 10, 2022 at 02:45 CST by Fred Langa • Comment in the Forums

  ISSUE 19.02 • 2022-01-10

  LANGALIST

  

  By Fred Langa

  Taking a little time now to thoroughly check and proactively service your Windows PC can pay off big time in the coming year.

  Whether you’re planning to move to Windows 11 or stick with Windows 10 (or even 8.1!), this easy-to-follow annual checkup is preventive medicine that can help ensure that your PC begins 2022 in the best shape possible!

  Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 19.02.0 (2022-01-10).
  This story also appears in the AskWoody Free Newsletter 19.02.F (2022-01-10).

  LangaList LangaList, Newsletters, Personal Computers