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May 27, 2019

In this mini-episode we talk about Space Travel, an obscure video game from 1969.


Episode 4 Notes - Timesharing

May 22, 2019

If you've read much about the early spread of computer use, then you have probably heard the of "time-sharing systems". But what exactly is time-sharing, and what has it turned into in the modern day? To put it simply, time-sharing is one method that was used to allow multiple users to share a single computer. So, why...


May 20, 2019

Many people have never even heard of Unix, an operating system first released in the early 1970s. But that doesn't change the fact that all of the internet, and nearly every computer or smart device you interact with is based on some variant of Unix. So, how was such an important project created, and how did it...


Episode 3 Notes - Myth of the Macintosh

May 14, 2019

The original Macintosh is undeniably iconic. A lot of people were introduced to computing through the machine, and it helped launch Apple as a company into the stratosphere. There are also a lot of myths that circulate around the Macintosh. The larger story that I run into most often is that Apple created the idea of a...


May 5, 2019

The original Apple Macintosh, later rebranded the Macintosh 128k, is inarguably one of the most recognizable vintage computers. Even it's design has become iconic: a single 3 ½ inch floppy drive and 9 inch black-and-white CRT built into one small rounded beige box. Even on its release in 1984 it was heralded as a...