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Back to SearchLars Brinkhoff Interview, Preserving ITS
Lars Brinkhoff has been spearheading the effort to keep the incompatible Timesharing System alive. Today we sit down to talk about the overall ITS r…
5 years, 7 months ago
ITS: Open Computing
Episode 47
Modern operating systems adhere to a pretty rigid formula. They all have users with password-protected accounts and secure files. They all have restr…
5 years, 7 months ago
Hacker Folklore
Episode 46
Hacker hasn't always been used to describe dangerous computer experts will ill intent. More accurately it should be sued to describe those enamored …
5 years, 8 months ago
Keeping Things BASIC
Episode 45
BASIC is a strange language. During the early days of home computing it was everywhere you looked, pretty much every microcomputer in the 70s and ear…
5 years, 8 months ago
ENIAC, Part II
Episode 44
In 1946 John Eckert and John Mauchly left the Moore School, patented ENIAC, and founded a company. One of those discussions would have consequences t…
5 years, 9 months ago
ENIAC, Part I
Episode 43
Completed in 1945, ENIAC was one of the first electronic digital computers. The machine was archaic, but highly influential. But it wasn't a totally …
5 years, 9 months ago
IBM Gets Personal
Episode 42
This episode is not about the IBM PC. In 1981 the Personal Computer would change the world. Really, it's hard to talk about home computing without di…
5 years, 10 months ago
Return of Viruses: The Spread
Episode 41
It's time to round out spook month with a return to one of last year's topics: the computer virus. Malicious code traveling over networks is actually…
5 years, 10 months ago
Spam, Email, and Best Intentions
Episode 40
Spam emails are a fact of modern life. Who hasn't been sent annoying and sometimes cryptic messages from unidentified addresses? To understand where …
5 years, 11 months ago
Learning Along the Oregon Trail
Episode 39
We've all played the Oregon Trail, but what do you know about it's origins? First developed as a mainframe program all the way back in 1971, the Ore…
5 years, 11 months ago