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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://fsebugoutzone.org/objects/c775f16a-41c9-4a34-a479-3aa3abc8959c">pistolero (p@fsebugoutzone.org)'s status on Saturday, 18-Apr-2026 18:06:13 JST</a><a href="https://fsebugoutzone.org/users/p" title="p@fsebugoutzone.org"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/theme/gnusocialjp/default-avatar-stream.png" width="48" height="48" alt="pistolero" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">pistolero</a><div><a href="https://poa.st/objects/cc6aab04-2d08-45ce-a2a7-76d8c33d9804" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a><ul><li><li><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/user/356818" title="vii@dsmc.space">roko's basilisk</a></li></ul></div></section><article><a href="https://poa.st/users/DemonSixOne">@DemonSixOne</a> <a href="https://dsmc.space/users/vii">@vii</a> <br><br>&gt; my desktop in those years was a Alpha EV56 (666MHz) with a FireGL gpu, was legit stomping anything that the i386 world was doing at the time.<br><br>This was pretty fascinating.<br><br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/09/a-history-of-arm-part-1-building-the-first-chip/">https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/09/a-history-of-arm-part-1-building-the-first-chip/</a><br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/11/a-history-of-arm-part-2-everything-starts-to-come-together/">https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/11/a-history-of-arm-part-2-everything-starts-to-come-together/</a><br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/01/a-history-of-arm-part-3-coming-full-circle/">https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/01/a-history-of-arm-part-3-coming-full-circle/</a><br><br>The Alpha was cool.  I bought a dead one for $6 but couldn't get it to run properly.<br><br>&gt; pine UI was terrible, i was rocking mutt in that era. <br><br>I was barely able to do Unix at the time; I was babby.</article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/6330749#notice-12469120">In conversation</a><time datetime="2026-04-18T18:06:13+09:00" title="Saturday, 18-Apr-2026 18:06:13 JST">about 4 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://fsebugoutzone.org/objects/c775f16a-41c9-4a34-a479-3aa3abc8959c" rel="external" title="Sent from fsebugoutzone.org via ActivityPub">fsebugoutzone.org</a></span></span><a href="https://fsebugoutzone.org/objects/c775f16a-41c9-4a34-a479-3aa3abc8959c">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: cdn.arstechnica.net</div><h5><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/09/a-history-of-arm-part-1-building-the-first-chip/">A history of ARM, part 1: Building the first chip</a></h5><div></div></header><div>In 1983, Acorn Computers needed a CPU. So 10 people built one.</div><footer></footer></article></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: cdn.arstechnica.net</div><h5><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/11/a-history-of-arm-part-2-everything-starts-to-come-together/">A history of ARM, part 2: Everything starts to come together</a></h5><div></div></header><div>What had started as twelve people and a dream was now a billion-dollar company.</div><footer></footer></article></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: cdn.arstechnica.net</div><h5><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/01/a-history-of-arm-part-3-coming-full-circle/">A history of ARM, part 3: Coming full circle</a></h5><div></div></header><div>In our series finale, ARM achieves its goal of bringing computing power to the masses.</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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pistolero (p@fsebugoutzone.org)'s status on Saturday, 18-Apr-2026 18:06:13 JSTpistolero
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> my desktop in those years was a Alpha EV56 (666MHz) with a FireGL gpu, was legit stomping anything that the i386 world was doing at the time.

This was pretty fascinating.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/09/a-history-of-arm-part-1-building-the-first-chip/
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/11/a-history-of-arm-part-2-everything-starts-to-come-together/
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/01/a-history-of-arm-part-3-coming-full-circle/

The Alpha was cool. I bought a dead one for $6 but couldn't get it to run properly.

> pine UI was terrible, i was rocking mutt in that era.

I was barely able to do Unix at the time; I was babby.
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  A history of ARM, part 1: Building the first chip
  In 1983, Acorn Computers needed a CPU. So 10 people built one.
2. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: cdn.arstechnica.net
  A history of ARM, part 2: Everything starts to come together
  What had started as twelve people and a dream was now a billion-dollar company.
3. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: cdn.arstechnica.net
  A history of ARM, part 3: Coming full circle
  In our series finale, ARM achieves its goal of bringing computing power to the masses.

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