edmil.net

About this Page

This page is where I put sites with useful or interesting information, friends' sites, etc. This is mostly so I can find pages that I might need again in future, but I hope you find something of interest here!

Interesting Reads

Modern Computing

Cory Doctorow: Journalist, member of the EFF, generally interesting ideas about technology.
Permacomputing: A resource that provides information on the permacomputing concept/movement.
Talospace: All about modern OpenPOWER systems - free/open/libre machines based on the POWER instruction set architecture (ISA)

Computer History

folklore.org: The development history of the original Apple Macintosh, set up by Andy Hertzfeld, a member of the original Mac team.
Gareth Edwards - The Crazy Ones: Articles about pioneers in the early days of personal computing.
Aber CompSci History: A website chronicling the history of Aberystwyth University's computer science department.

UNIX

The UNIX Time-Sharing System: A document outlining some of the basic design principles of UNIX, from around 1974.
The UNIX-Hater's Handbook: A thorough, long-form criticism of UNIX.
The UNIX Heritage Society: Collection of historic UNIX documentation and sources.

People

datagubbe: Retrocomputing (with a focus on Amiga), and other interesting thoughts.

Miscellaneous

Whole Earth Index: Collection of Whole Earth Catalogs and other related publications. The Whole Earth Catalogs are essentially compilations of resources ("tools") on a wide variety of topics, with a focus on self-sufficiency. Fascinating stuff!
SDF Public Acess System: A shared UNIX system with around 50,000 users!
Traditional Welsh House Rendering: Making and applying traditional Welsh exterior wall render. Obviously.

Useful/Practical

Pages with tutorials, useful information, or future project ideas.

Operating Systems

MIT OS Course: Course materials for MIT's Operating Systems Engineering module. See 'schedule' for slides and other info.

FPGAs

VHDL Cookbook: A beginner's guide to VHDL.
PDP-2011: An FPGA recreation of the PDP-11 and its peripherals. Compatible with PiDP-11.

Electronics

Grant Searle: Lots of old electronics, kit computer designs, ATmega-based video terminal, etc.
Obsolescence Guaranteed: Info about early microcomputers (mid-70s to late 80s), CP/M, etc. Home of the PiDP-11 (and other kits).

Old Macs

Macintosh Repository: Archive of old Apple Macintosh software. Also has guides and other useful resources.
MacOS 9 Lives: Information and resources on classic MacOS.
Classic Mac Networking: Information on networking classic Macs.
Metalbabble: Blog about 68k Macs.
OpenFirmware Wiki: A guide to OpenFirmware.
Power Mac G5 Guide: Several guides on the Power Mac G5 (maintenance, repairs, etc.)
House of Moth: G5 Memory Controller Guide: A blog post about the memory controller in G5 Power Macs, and how to go about re-pasting it.
MacEffects: Upgrades, replacement parts, and custom cases for classic Macs.
OS X Tiger Upgrading SSL: Forum thread about replacing the outdated zlib/SSL/OpenSSH in Tiger.
AquaFox: My browser of choice for later PowerPC Macs.
Tigerbrew: Package manager for OS X Tiger. Allows you to get modern SSH, GCC, and other software.

Old PCs

DOS Days: Resources on old IBM PC compatibles.
Graphics Gremlin: An FPGA-based ISA video card.

Console Hacking

PS3 Linux: A website all about running Linux on the PS3.

Friends' Sites

Lovely people with lovely websites! A lot of them are in the webring, but I've put them here anyway (because they're just that lovely).