Oct 29, 2023
This episode we are looking at a
ghost of bygone days: batch processing! Before fancy terminals
peppered computer rooms, before there was a microcomputer on every
desk, there was the batch. In this non-interactive form of
computing a user could wait hours, days, or even weeks to get a
chance at computer time. Machines...
Oct 15, 2023
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 well documented
virus. This period is book ended with plenty of sources and, yes,
even viruses. But this decade long span of time has almost nothing!
Was this era truly safe...
