Oct 31, 2021
Make
sure you have some extra batteries for your lamp, this episode we
are delving into the depths of Zork. Written in 1977 Zork would
quickly become the epitome of text based adventures, pushing aside
all competitors. A lot of this comes down to it's simple gameplay,
and the simple fact that Zork is fun to play. But...
Oct 17, 2021
This episode I face my greatest fears: computer bugs. We are going to dive into the origin of the term, and examine the origins of debugging. The simple fact is that as soon as computers hit the scene we start finding bugs. Debugging follows very soon after. That part's not too surprising, it's the specifics that...
Oct 3, 2021
It's
Spook Month on Advent of Computing! Every October we cover the more
spooky, scary, and frustrating side of computers. To kick off this
year we are looking at viruses again, this time with a special eye
to the first infections for IBM PCs and compatible
systems.
Besides the technical changes, this drops us
into...
