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Episode 124
The release of the IBM System/360 represents a major milestone in the history of computing. In 1964 IBM announced the 360 as the first family of com…
2 years, 7 months ago
The Jupiter Ace
Episode 123
Released in 1982, the Jupiter Ace is a fascinating little computer. It's hardware isn't much to write home about. It's just an 8-bit microcomputer v…
2 years, 8 months ago
To Edit Text
Episode 122
Tools are the most important programs in the world. Without quality tools it's impossible to write quality software. One of those most important of …
2 years, 8 months ago
Arguments Against Programming
Episode 121
Most accounts of the early history of programming languages all share something in common. They all have a sentence or two explaining how there was …
2 years, 9 months ago
Simply COSMAC
Episode 120
Have you ever opined for a simpler time? Have you ever wanted a computer that you can understand all the way down to the silicon? Then RCA's COSMAC …
2 years, 9 months ago
The Batch!
Episode 119
This episode we are looking at a ghost of bygone days: batch processing! Before fancy terminals peppered computer rooms, before there was a microcom…
2 years, 10 months ago
Viral Dark Ages
Episode 118
It's finally Spook Month here on Advent of Computing! To kick things off I'm tackling a bit of a mystery. Between 1972 and 1982 there is only one we…
2 years, 10 months ago
What's in a Byte?
Episode 117
Byte has to be one of the most recognizable parts of the digital lexicon. It's an incantation that can be recognized by even the uninitiated. But wh…
2 years, 11 months ago
Monte Carlo
Episode 116
It's finally time! In this episode we are looking at the Monte Carlo method, perhaps the first practical computer program that could outpace human c…
2 years, 11 months ago
Digital Lifeforms
Episode 115
I will admit, the title here is a bit of click bait. In the early 1950s a researcher named Nils Aall Barricelli started in on a bold project. His g…
3 years ago