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Episode 152
A special treat from VCF SoCal. While visiting I had the chance to host a panel on restoration and preservation. I was joined by:
David from Usagi El…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 151 - The Friden Flexowriter
Episode 151
Have you ever looked at an old computer and seen a weird typewriter thing tacked on? In most cases that's a device called a Flexowriter. It's ha…
1 year, 7 months ago
Starting Windows Up
Episode 150
In the modern day Windows is a power house, but that wasn't always the case. In this episode we are looking at the fraught development of Windows 1.0…
1 year, 7 months ago
IDRIS Is Not UNIX
Episode 149
This episode we are taking a trip back to UNIX world. We're looking at IDRIS, the first clone of UNIX. It was supposed to be highly compatible, but u…
1 year, 7 months ago
Is BLISS Ignorance?
Episode 148
In 1970 a little language called BLISS emerged from Carnegie Mellon University. It was a systems language, meant for operating systems and compilers.…
1 year, 8 months ago
Molecular Electronic Computer
Episode 127
In 1961 Texas Instruments unveiled the Molecular Electronic Computer, aka: Mol-E-Com. It was a machine that fit in the palm of your hand, but had all…
1 year, 8 months ago
The Z4
Episode 146
The Z4, completed by Konrad Zuse in 1945, is a computer with a wild story. It was made from scrounged parts, survived years of bombing raids, moved a…
1 year, 9 months ago
Zuse's Mysterious Machines
Episode 145
In 1933 Konrad Zuse, a German civil engineer, caught the computing bug. It would consume the rest of his life. According Zuse he invented the world's…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Haunted Hard Drive
Episode 143
Have you ever felt like a computer just refuses to work? Like a machine has a mind of it's own? In 1970 a hard drive at the National Farmers Union Co…
1 year, 10 months ago