From 8227847ad4aa9e4209b003e87e26dc468d200169 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Koelle Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2026 22:01:03 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Fix timeline dates: Linux 2000-2009, Apple 2009-2020 --- retro/computer-timeline/index.njk | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/retro/computer-timeline/index.njk b/retro/computer-timeline/index.njk index fa7ab07..4faa3b1 100644 --- a/retro/computer-timeline/index.njk +++ b/retro/computer-timeline/index.njk @@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ parent: "/retro/"

1994-2000: The Fido era

A modem in spring 1994 led to the FidoNet world, and by late 1995 I was running my own BBS node. Through the mid-90s I collected old and new machines enthusiastically, building up a collection that lasted until 2005 when most of it was sold off. By 2000, the FidoNet hobby had quietly faded.

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2000-2010: The Linux server years

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2000-2009: The Linux server years

After the FidoNet era wound down, the focus shifted to Linux. A home network grew in Augsburg with a Smoothwall firewall, a Red Hat server, a Postfix/Apache mail and web server, and a multimedia workstation, all connected over 10 Mbit thin-Ethernet and a demand-dial RAS connection. A FreeBSD server ran Apache, Sendmail and Perl scripts alongside a Windows NT 4.0 file server. Microsoft certifications in Windows NT 4.0 and IIS 4.0 followed in 2000, and the work at IXOS SOFTWARE AG as a Web Engineer rounded out the professional side. The retro hobby took a back seat during this period, but the collection of old machines was still growing quietly in the background until 2005. The location, network and projects pages of the timecapsule have the full story.

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2009-2019: The Apple years

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2009-2020: The Apple years

Everything got reduced down to what I actually used daily. The old collection was gone, and the stack became an iMac, an iPhone, and an iPad, with no PCs at home for the first time. A Windows notebook from work was the only non-Apple machine in the house. In 2017 a Chromebook from Google joined the setup for everyday tasks. The retro hobby was completely dormant during this period.

2020: The retro revival