#IBM has been in the cloud business for 61 years.

(From D. F. Parkhill's "The Challenge of the Computer Utility", 1966)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/QUIKTRAN

#NASA and #IBM built #Surya, an #AI model trained on nine years of Solar Dynamics Observatory data.

Surya predicts solar flares and space weather up to two hours ahead to help protect satellites, power grids, and communications.

It beats existing benchmarks by 16% and is freely available to researchers on @huggingface and GitHub.

https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/artificial-intelligence-model-heliophysics/

Whilst I was archiving some #IBM documents for my posterity and research, I came across these #Lenovo #ThinkPad paper models amongst the IBM/Lenovo Japan lot! You print, trim, and then assemble. I have not found other language versions. Download links in subsequent comments.

Ich weiß, es gab auch damals schon viel bessere Datei-Manager als die gute, alte DOS-Shell. Hab sie als Kind in MS-DOS 5.x/6.x aber wohl so oft verwendet, dass ich in DOS einfach nichts anderes benutzen mag. Und die DOSSHELL Version in PC DOS 2000 ist sogar noch ein bisschen weiterentwickelt. Also ich oute mich mal als Fan!

Es hat mich tatsächlich über ein Jahr beschäftigt, aber ab sofort ist das IBM Betriebssystem PC DOS 2000 mit vollständigem, deutschem Handbuch komplett im Internet Archive abrufbar. Das sind insgesamt 686 Seiten in 300dpi, sauber gescannt und digital restauriert.

Bei PC DOS 2000 handelte es sich um die letzte offizielle Vollversion von DOS aus dem Jahre 1998, bereits mit sämtlichen Y2K Updates. Voll kompatibel zu Windows 3.x und Spielen für MS-DOS!

Schachtel: https://archive.org/details/pcdos_2000_de_box
Disketten: https://archive.org/details/pcdos_2000_de
CD-ROM: https://archive.org/details/pcdos_2000_de_cdrom
Handbuch: https://archive.org/details/pcdos_2000_de_handbuch

Viel Spaß!

Legacy #code haunting your backlog?

At #JCONUSA25 @ #IBM #TechXchange, #Java Champion Mark Heckler demonstrates how #AI + #OpenRewrite bust tech debt at scale.

No more slimy refactoring. Just clean, repeatable modernization.
https://usa.jcon.one/register

Puuh, eines meiner größten Scan-Projekte nähert sich nach über einem Jahr Arbeit nun unmittelbar der Fertigstellung. Stand heute Nacht sind nur noch ein paar wenige Seiten zu restaurieren für das große, fast 700 Seiten starke, deutsche Handbuch von IBM's PC-DOS 2000.

https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/12/ibm_cloud_severity_one_outage/

From #mainframes to modern workflows: Get an overview of #s390x features, future plans, and how #openSUSE powers #IBM Z #LinuxONE systems. #oSC25 https://youtu.be/QG7IdToO4ek?si=63vxCS5JDxfjVWJI

Wake up, a new ASK wiki page has landed! The 75 & 87-key #IBM Model F buckling spring keyboards for the 3104 Display Terminal and 3178 Display Station! Often called "blue switch" keyboards, referring to their charming monocase/dualcase switch on their forehead. https://sharktastica.co.uk/wiki?id=modelfbase

The Thorny New Retro Computer Challenge:

TTNRCC

Writing #Java with #AI is like wearing #Beskar: strong, but dangerous if misused.

At #JCONUSA25 @ #IBM #TechXchange, Java Champion Jonathan Vila shares 7 code-cleaning habits every Mandalorian-minded #dev needs.

This is the (clean code) way.
https://usa.jcon.one/register

Just in case you don't already have a million good reasons to avoid giving BorgSoft money, or eating any pie they've had their filthy fingers in ...

"Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians"

#HarryDavies, #YuvalAbraham, 2025

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/06/microsoft-israeli-military-palestinian-phone-calls-cloud

... they're also the IBM of the 21st century, providing computer systems that help fascists do ethnic profiling more efficiently. Making them accessory to genocide

Ready to pimp my SX PS/2 ;)

Talking Robot Uses Typewriter Tech For Mouth - Many decades ago, IBM engineers developed the typeball. This semi-spherical hunk o... - https://hackaday.com/2025/08/08/talking-robot-uses-typewriter-tech-for-mouth/ #animatronics #robotshacks #typewriter #selectric #puppet #robot #ibm

A Man Who Beat IBM

Link: https://every.to/feeds/b0e329f3048258e8eeb7/the-man-who-beat-ibm
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44781343

#OnThisDay #IBM presented the first program-controlled calculator Harvard Mark I (1944).

Birth Anniversary of Elinor Ostrom (1933) - first woman to win the #NobelPrize in #Economics.

Birth Anniversary of Mata Hari (1876) - one of the most famous spies of the 20th century.

https://knowledgezone.co.in/news

I recently revamped this wiki page on these absolute units of a console for #IBM System/370 #mainframe models 135, 145 and 155! Depending on exact model, these weight between 42kg and 130kg... https://sharktastica.co.uk/wiki?id=ibm321X