Last week, we wrapped up “DOS Week” here at The Lunduke Journal — a full week of immersing ourselves in everything DOS-y. It was an amazing week filled with computer history, learning new things about DOS, struggling to get DOS working on networks… and more than a little nostalgia.
Looking forward, we have scheduled some additional, themed weeks over the coming months. We are announcing them ahead of time to give folks some time to prepare and plan how you would like to take part.
“Command Line Week” — October 12 - 19
Could you live for an entire week… in a terminal? Let’s spend a week focused on seeing how much we can do entirely from a command line. Text User Interface (TUI) applications. Text-based games. The works.
Using any computer is fair game for this week. Windows, Mac, Linux, UNIX, DOS, Amiga… if it has a command line, make it sing!
“Haiku Week” — November 9 - 16
With Haiku Beta 4 rapidly approaching, now seems like a good time to dive in and see just how “ready for daily usage” Haiku — the open source re-implementation of BeOS — truly is! Whether you plan to install Haiku on bare metal or inside a virtual machine, join in the fun to see what this awesome, fast, and quirky system can do!
“PDA Week” — December 7 - 14
Grab a PDA. Any PDA. Palm Pilot. Apple Newton. Psion. HP LX. Windows CE. Any of them. And let’s see what using a PDA is like in 2022. (There are some emulators for those without access to PDA hardware.)
“8-Bit Computer Week” — January 4 - January 11
There were some truly amazing 8 bit computers: The Apple II, Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit line, and so many others. Dust one off — or install one of the (oh-so-many) capable emulators — and let’s explore the best (and weirdest) of 8-Bit computing.
How to join the fun
Just like with “DOS Week” most of the fun will be happening over on The Lunduke Journal Community site (Lunduke.Locals.com).
Post what you are doing, read what everyone else is doing, ask questions, enjoy the history and nerdiness.
If you haven’t already, grab a free account on Lunduke.Locals.com — that will allow you to read most of the posts during each week. If you want to post yourself, or take part in the discussions, you’ll want to get a full subscription (which is included with Founding Member or Lifetime Subscriptions to The Lunduke Journal, or can simply be done directly from Lunduke.Locals.com).
