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The Higher Intellect Vintage Wiki (https://wiki.preterhuman.net) functions primarily as a reference for vintage computer related hardware and software. Our wiki database contains information on a variety of vintage computing subjects as per the categories below.
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The Higher Intellect Vintage Wiki (https://wiki.preterhuman.net) functions primarily as a reference for vintage computer related hardware and software. This wiki will have a strong focus on topics related to [[Apple Computer]], [[Silicon Graphics]], [[IBM]], [[Microsoft]], [[NeXT]], [[Sun Microsystems]] among others. Our wiki database contains information on a variety of vintage computing subjects as per the categories below.
  
 
=Vintage Computer Systems/Components=
 
=Vintage Computer Systems/Components=
* '''Sort by processor type (x86):''' [[:Category:8086|8086]], [[:Category:8088|8088]], [[:Category:80186|80186]], [[:Category:80286|80286]], [[:Category:80386|80386]], [[:Category:80486|80486]], [[:Category:Pentium|Pentium]], [[:Category:Pentium II|Pentium II]], [[:Category:Pentium III|Pentium III]], [[:Category:Pentium Pro|Pentium Pro]], [[:Category:Celeron|Celeron]]
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* '''Sort by processor type (x86):''' [[:Category:8086|8086]], [[:Category:8088|8088]], [[:Category:80186|80186]], [[:Category:80286|80286]], [[:Category:80386|80386]], [[:Category:80486|80486]], [[:Category:Pentium|Pentium]], [[:Category:Pentium II|Pentium II]], [[:Category:Pentium III|Pentium III]], [[:Category:Pentium 4|Pentium 4]], [[:Category:Pentium Pro|Pentium Pro]], [[:Category:Celeron|Celeron]], [[:Category:AMD K5|AMD K5]], [[:Category:AMD K6|AMD K6]], [[:Category:AMD K6-2|AMD K6-2]], [[:Category:AMD K6-III|AMD K6-III]], [[:Category:AMD Athlon|AMD Athlon]], [[:Category:AMD Athlon XP|AMD Athlon XP]], [[:Category:Cyrix|Cyrix]]
* '''Sort by processor type (68k):''' [[:Category:68000|68000]], [[:Category:68010|68010]], [[:Category:68020|68020]], [[:Category:68030|68030]], [[:Category:68040|68040]]
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* '''Sort by processor type (68k):''' [[:Category:68000|68000]], [[:Category:68010|68010]], [[:Category:68020|68020]], [[:Category:68030|68030]], [[:Category:68040|68040]], [[:Category:68060|68060]]
* '''Sort by processor type (RISC):''' [[:Category:PowerPC|PowerPC]], [[:Category:MIPS|MIPS]], [[:Category:Alpha|Alpha]], [[:Category:SPARC|SPARC]]
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* '''Sort by processor type (RISC):''' [[:Category:PowerPC|PowerPC]], [[:Category:MIPS|MIPS]], [[:Category:Alpha|Alpha]], [[:Category:SPARC|SPARC]], [[:Category:ARM|ARM]]
* '''Sort by expansion bus:''' [[:Category:NuBus Cards|NuBus Cards]], [[:Category:PCI Cards|PCI Cards]], [[:Category:AGP Cards|AGP Cards]], [[:Category:VLB Cards|VLB Cards]]
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* '''Sort by expansion bus:''' [[:Category:NuBus Cards|NuBus Cards]], [[:Category:PCI Cards|PCI Cards]], [[:Category:AGP Cards|AGP Cards]], [[:Category:VLB Cards|VLB Cards]], [[:Category:8-bit ISA Cards|8-bit ISA Cards]], [[:Category:16-bit ISA Cards|16-bit ISA Cards]]
* '''Sort by expansion type:''' [[:Category:Video Cards|Video Cards]], [[:Category:Sound Cards|Sound Cards]], [[:Category:Controller Cards|Controller Cards]], [[:Category:PCMCIA Cards|PCMCIA Cards]]
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* '''Sort by expansion type:''' [[:Category:Video Cards|Video Cards]], [[:Category:Sound Cards|Sound Cards]], [[:Category:Controller Cards|Controller Cards]], [[:Category:PCMCIA Cards|PCMCIA Cards]], [[:Category:Network Cards|Network Cards]]
* '''Sort by component type:''' [[:Category:Hard Disks|Hard Disks]], [[:Category:Optical Drives|Optical Drives]], [[:Category:Disk Drives|Disk Drives]], [[:Category:Tape Drives|Tape Drives]], [[:Category:Modems|Modems]], [[:Category:Motherboards|Motherboards]], [[:Category:Network Cards|Network Cards]]
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* '''Sort by component type:''' [[:Category:Hard Disks|Hard Disks]], [[:Category:Optical Drives|Optical Drives]], [[:Category:Disk Drives|Disk Drives]], [[:Category:Tape Drives|Tape Drives]], [[:Category:Modems|Modems]], [[:Category:Motherboards|Motherboards]], [[:Category:Memory|Memory]]
* '''Sort by peripheral:''' [[:Category:Monitors|Monitors]], [[:Category:Input Devices|Input Devices]], [[:Category:Printers|Printers]], [[:Category:Accessories|Accessories]]
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* '''Sort by peripheral:''' [[:Category:Monitors|Monitors]], [[:Category:Input Devices|Input Devices]], [[:Category:Printers|Printers]], [[:Category:Accessories|Accessories]], [[:Category:Speakers|Speakers]], [[:Category:Cameras|Cameras]]
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* '''Sort by form factor:''' [[:Category:PDA|PDA]], [[:Category:Laptops|Laptops]], [[:Category:Terminals|Terminals]], [[:Category:Consoles|Consoles]]
  
 
=Vintage Computer Documentation=
 
=Vintage Computer Documentation=
* '''Sort by topic:''' [[:Category:Programming|Programming]], [[:Category:How-To|How-To]], [[:Category:Security|Security]], [[:Category:Troubleshooting|Troubleshooting]], [[:Category:Graphics|Graphics]], [[:Category:MIDI|MIDI]], [[:Category:Telephony|Telephony]]
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* '''Sort by topic:''' [[:Category:Programming|Programming]], [[:Category:How-To|How-To]], [[:Category:Security|Security]], [[:Category:Troubleshooting|Troubleshooting]], [[:Category:Graphics|Graphics]], [[:Category:MIDI|MIDI]], [[:Category:Telephony|Telephony]], [[:Category:Piracy|Piracy]], [[:Category:UNIX|UNIX]], [[:Category:Definitions|Definitions]]
* '''Sort by medium:''' [[:Category:Magazines|Magazines]], [[:Category:Books|Books]], [[:Category:TV and Radio|TV and Radio]]
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* '''Sort by medium:''' [[:Category:Magazines|Magazines]], [[:Category:Books|Books]], [[:Category:TV and Radio|TV and Radio]], [[:Category:News|News]], [[:Category:Journals|Journals]], [[:Category:Articles|Articles]]
  
 
=Vintage Computer Software=
 
=Vintage Computer Software=
* '''Sort by genre:''' [[:Category:Games|Games]], [[:Category:Operating Systems|Operating Systems]], [[:Category:Edutainment|Edutainment]]
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* '''Sort by genre:''' [[:Category:Games|Games]], [[:Category:Operating Systems|Operating Systems]], [[:Category:Edutainment|Edutainment]], [[:Category:Educational|Educational]], [[:Category:Compression|Compression]]
  
 
=General Vintage Topics=
 
=General Vintage Topics=
* '''Sort by vendor/manufacturer:''' [[:Category:Apple|Apple]], [[:Category:SGI|Silicon Graphics]], [[:Category:Compaq|Compaq]], [[:Category:IBM|IBM]], [[:Category:Toshiba|Toshiba]], [[:Category:DEC|DEC]], [[:Category:Sun|Sun]], [[:Category:NeXT|NeXT]], [[:Category:Packard Bell|Packard Bell]], [[:Category:Motorola|Motorola]], [[:Category:Microsoft|Microsoft]], [[:Category:Cray|Cray]]
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* '''Sort by vendor/manufacturer:''' [[:Category:Apple|Apple]], [[:Category:SGI|Silicon Graphics]], [[:Category:Compaq|Compaq]], [[:Category:IBM|IBM]], [[:Category:Toshiba|Toshiba]], [[:Category:DEC|DEC]], [[:Category:Sun|Sun]], [[:Category:NeXT|NeXT]], [[:Category:Packard Bell|Packard Bell]], [[:Category:Motorola|Motorola]], [[:Category:Microsoft|Microsoft]], [[:Category:Cray|Cray]], [[:Category:Amiga|Amiga]], [[:Category:Atari|Atari]]
* '''Additional sorting:''' [[:Category:People|People]], [[:Category:Places and Events|Places and Events]]
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* '''Sort by year (where applicable):''' [[:Category:1976|1976]], [[:Category:1977|1977]], [[:Category:1978|1978]], [[:Category:1979|1979]], [[:Category:1980|1980]], [[:Category:1981|1981]], [[:Category:1982|1982]], [[:Category:1983|1983]], [[:Category:1984|1984]], [[:Category:1985|1985]], [[:Category:1986|1986]], [[:Category:1987|1987]], [[:Category:1988|1988]], [[:Category:1989|1989]], [[:Category:1990|1990]], [[:Category:1991|1991]], [[:Category:1992|1992]], [[:Category:1993|1993]], [[:Category:1994|1994]], [[:Category:1995|1995]], [[:Category:1996|1996]], [[:Category:1997|1997]], [[:Category:1998|1998]], [[:Category:1999|1999]], [[:Category:2000|2000]], [[:Category:2001|2001]], [[:Category:2002|2002]], [[:Category:2003|2003]]
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* '''Additional sorting:''' [[:Category:People|People]], [[:Category:Places and Events|Places and Events]], [[:Category:Users Group|Users Group]]
  
 
=Vintage Internet Documentation=
 
=Vintage Internet Documentation=
* '''Sort by technology:''' [[:Category:WWW|World Wide Web]], [[:Category:DNS|DNS]], [[:Category:E-Mail|E-Mail]], [[:Category:FTP|FTP]], [[:Category:Gopher|Gopher]], [[:Category:IRC|IRC]]
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* '''Sort by technology:''' [[:Category:WWW|World Wide Web]], [[:Category:DNS|DNS]], [[:Category:E-Mail|E-Mail]], [[:Category:FTP|FTP]], [[:Category:Gopher|Gopher]], [[:Category:IRC|IRC]], [[:Category:Hotline|Hotline]]
  
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=Vintage Company Directory=
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* '''Internet Service Providers:''' [[@Home Network]], [[AboveNet]], [[Adelphia]], [[America Online]], [[CompuServe]], [[EarthLink]], [[eWorld]], [[Internet Direct]], [[Internet Gateway Corp]], [[Juno]], [[MindSpring]], [[NetZero]], [[Prodigy]], [[PSINet]], [[Qwest]], [[SpryNet]], [[United Online]], [[UUNET]], [[WorldCom]]
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* '''Internet search engines/directories:''' [[AltaVista]], [[Ask Jeeves]], [[Dogpile]], [[Excite]], [[Google]], [[HotBot]], [[Infoseek]], [[InfoSpace]], [[Inktomi]], [[LookSmart]], [[Lycos]], [[Magellan]], [[MetaCrawler]], [[WebCrawler]], [[WhoWhere]], [[Yahoo!]]
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* '''Personal/free web hosting:''' [[Angelfire]], [[FortuneCity]], [[GeoCities]], [[HyperMart]], [[Tripod]], [[Xoom]]
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* '''Advertising/affiliate related:''' [[AllAdvantage]], [[Click Here To Find]], [[ClickTrade]], [[DoubleClick]], [[iSyndicate]], [[LinkExchange]]
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* '''Browse by industry (general):'''
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** '''Hard disks:''' [[Conner Peripherals]], [[Hitachi]], [[Maxtor]], [[MiniScribe]], [[Quantum Corporation]], [[Rodime]], [[Seagate Technology]], [[Toshiba]], [[Western Digital]]
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** '''Sound cards:''' [[Ad Lib]], [[Advanced Gravis]], [[Creative Labs]], [[Media Vision]], [[Turtle Beach]]
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** '''Video cards:''' [[3dfx Interactive]], [[ARK Logic]], [[ATI]], [[Cirrus Logic]], [[Cornerstone]], [[Creative Labs]], [[Diamond Multimedia]], [[Headland Technology]], [[Hercules Computer Technology]], [[Lapis Technologies]], [[Micro Conversions]], [[Number Nine]], [[Orchid Technology]], [[Quantum3D]], [[Radius]], [[RasterOps]], [[Rendition]], [[S3 Graphics]], [[Sigma Designs]], [[STB Systems]], [[SuperMac Technology]], [[Trident Microsystems]], [[Video Seven]]
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** '''Tape/disk drives:''' [[Colorado Memory Systems]], [[Conner Peripherals]], [[Iomega]], [[Matsushita]], [[Mitsumi]], [[SyQuest Technology]], [[TEAC]]
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* '''Video game companies:''' see [[List of 80s and 90s PC gaming companies]]
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=Important Wiki Notes=
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* This wiki is a continuous work in progress so new articles and categories will be added from time to time, and additional content will be added to existing articles when possible. This is a public wiki open to registration for users wishing to contribute content.
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* Please keep in mind some articles may be written as present tense yet be extremely outdated. Articles based on news reports or archived copies of websites will typically appear as they did when the material was originally written. This is left like this on purpose as we feel it adds to the experience of reading the content as if we were still living in that era.
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=Additional Resources=
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* [[Vintage Computing Resources]]
  
 
[[Category:Misc]]
 
[[Category:Misc]]

Latest revision as of 04:08, 11 February 2024

The Higher Intellect Vintage Wiki (https://wiki.preterhuman.net) functions primarily as a reference for vintage computer related hardware and software. This wiki will have a strong focus on topics related to Apple Computer, Silicon Graphics, IBM, Microsoft, NeXT, Sun Microsystems among others. Our wiki database contains information on a variety of vintage computing subjects as per the categories below.

Vintage Computer Systems/Components

Vintage Computer Documentation

Vintage Computer Software

General Vintage Topics

Vintage Internet Documentation

Vintage Company Directory

Important Wiki Notes

  • This wiki is a continuous work in progress so new articles and categories will be added from time to time, and additional content will be added to existing articles when possible. This is a public wiki open to registration for users wishing to contribute content.
  • Please keep in mind some articles may be written as present tense yet be extremely outdated. Articles based on news reports or archived copies of websites will typically appear as they did when the material was originally written. This is left like this on purpose as we feel it adds to the experience of reading the content as if we were still living in that era.

Additional Resources