Where to go:
- Linux
- The operating system used to create special effects in Titanic
- Geos and New Deal
- One of the first GUI's. Yes, they are still in business.
- QNX
- A real time operating system with an amazing demo.
- DOS
- Different versions of the well known operating system and some great software to run in DOS.
- OS-9
- A lightweight operating system used mostly for embedded systems.
- Sources for Cheap Hardware
- These companies routinely sell used and refurbished desktop and mobile computers at a significant discount.
- Recommended Reading
- Articles and Web Pages with plenty of cheap ideas.
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Recommended Reading
- A Homebrew Computer + useful links
- What's this Linux thing? Answer:
- 'Cheap Computing' by Robin Miller
Get your soldering iron out
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