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    Post #: 44
    Post type: Page
    Date: 2023-04-20 16:27:16.000
    Author: Jeremy Reimer
    Tags: My Non-Fiction

    This page contains links to all my longer non-fiction articles. Most of these were originally published on Ars Technica.

    Amiga articles



    A history of the Amiga, part 12: Red vs. Blue - March 2018

    A history of the Amiga, part 11: Between an Escom and a Gateway - November 2017

    The A-EON Amiga X5000: An alternate universe where the Amiga platform never died - May 2017

    A history of the Amiga, part 10: The downfall of Commodore - January 2017

    A History of the Amiga, part 9 - The Video Toaster - March 2016

    A History of the Amiga, part 8 - The demo scene - April 2013

    A History of the Amiga - Shadow of the 16-bit gaming beast - June 2010

    It’s Alive! Ars reviews AmigaOS 4.1 - September 2008

    A History of the Amiga, part 7 - Game On! - May 2008

    A history of the Amiga, part 6: stopping the bleeding - February 2008

    A history of the Amiga, part 5: postlaunch blues - December 2007

    A history of the Amiga, part 4: Enter Commodore - October 2007

    A history of the Amiga, part 3: The first prototype - August 2007

    A history of the Amiga, part 2: The birth of Amiga - August 2007

    A history of the Amiga, part 1: Genesis - July 2007

    Operating Systems



    Half an operating system: the triumph and tragedy of OS/2 - November 2013

    1998’s most intriguing OS, 15 years later: Hands-on with Haiku alpha 4 - January 2013

    It’s Alive! Ars reviews AmigaOS 4.1 - September 2008

    AmigaOS 4 review - January 2007

    ZETA OS 1.0 review - August 2005

    The Micro-AmigaOne and OS4 Update 1 - January 2005

    Computer Software



    Between black and white: the state of grayware on the PC - April 2008

    From BFS to ZFS: past, present, and future of file systems - March 2008

    A History of the GUI - May 2005

    Computer Hardware



    Revisiting Apple's failed Lisa computer, 40 years on - January 2023

    A History of ARM Part 3 - Coming Full Circle - January 2023

    A History of ARM Part 2 - Everything Starts to Come Together - November 2022

    A History of ARM Part 1 - Building the First Chip - September 2022

    Remembering Apple's Newton, 30 years on - June 2022

    From Altair to iPad: 35 years of personal computer market share - August 2012

    Total Share: 30 years of personal computer market share figures - December 2005

    Gaming



    "For the swarm!" Inside the world of professional StarCraft players - August 2011

    The Dawn of Starcraft: e-Sports comes to the world stage - March 2011

    Valve goes multicore - November 2006

    Cross-platform gaming and the next generation of gaming consoles - November 2005

    The evolution of gaming: computers, consoles, and arcade - October 2005


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