The utopias of yesterday – GfZK Leipzig presents the history of Robotron...

(Robotron was East Germany's largest computer manufacturer and they also made the machine I first got to use on my way to becoming a "computer toucher"... Almost exactly 10 years ago, I wrote about those early experiences and the lessons learned already back then in this long read article here:
https://medium.com/@thi.ng/the-jacob-s-ladder-of-coding-4b12477a26c1

Exhibition info (via @aramba):
https://archive.ph/UWFgT

#Exhibition #RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #Robotron #Atari #Arduino #STM32 #Forth #Assembly #Demoscene

Some not-so-mini Digital minicomputers and their terminals.



See it in person at acms.org.au.



#DEC #Digital #minicomputer #server #computerhistory #computermuseum

A purple Silicon Graphics workstation cube that's a lot bigger than I thought it would be.



Most of Hollywood's '90s CGI special effects were created on SGI machines like this...



On display at https://acms.org.au/



#SiliconGraphics #SGI #computerhistory #retrocomputing #retrocomputer

Here's an interesting machine called the GeoStar, which had a two-monitor display. On the left was a vector display for text. On the right, a raster display for plotting maps. It was used on mining sites.



On display at https://acms.org.au/



#computers #computerhistory #oldcomputer #retrocomputing

Here's a bit of a mystery machine, the MICA (Made In Canberra Australia) from around 1983-ish.



It's on display at https://acms.org.au/



#computerhistory

Here's a bit of a mystery machine, the MICA (Made In Canberra Australia) from around 1983-ish.



It's on display at https://acms.org.au/



#computerhistory

The utopias of yesterday – GfZK Leipzig presents the history of Robotron...

(Robotron was East Germany's largest computer manufacturer and they also made the machine I first got to use on my way to becoming a "computer toucher"... Almost exactly 10 years ago, I wrote about those early experiences and the lessons learned already back then in this long read article here:
https://medium.com/@thi.ng/the-jacob-s-ladder-of-coding-4b12477a26c1

Exhibition info (via @aramba):
https://archive.ph/UWFgT

#Exhibition #RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #Robotron #Atari #Arduino #STM32 #Forth #Assembly #Demoscene

DEC Mini – computer inspired by one of the loveliest retro computers of the 80s

https://decmini.tin.cat/

#HackerNews #DECmini #RetroComputing #80sTech #ComputerHistory #VintageComputers

An Algebraic Language for the Manipulation of Symbolic Expressions (1958) [pdf]

https://softwarepreservation.computerhistory.org/LISP/MIT/AIM-001.pdf

#HackerNews #AlgebraicLanguage #SymbolicExpressions #LISP #ComputerHistory #PDF #1958

The Bring Your Own Bottle night is on again on Saturday 18th October at the #Derby Computer #Museum: https://www.derbycomputermuseum.co.uk/byob-retro-gaming-nights

Come and play on loads of home computers and consoles with friends, and listen to some great music from the '90s on #vinyl

See you there!

💻 🖥️ 🕹️ 🎮 💽 🖱️

#RetroGaming #RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #GamingHistory

https://mprove.de/visionreality/text/3.1.2_sketchpad.html

#ComputerHistory

computer history

Today in 1947 Grace Hopper found the first computer bug.

In many reports the date is 9th of September 1947. There are some theories about this discrepancy. One theory is they actually found the bug on 7th of September but realized it's importance two days later and wrote it down in the log. Another theory is the bug was presented in a meeting two days later as the cause of the problem and became known to a wider group of people.
It's also possible the date in her notebook was a simple mistake and the 9th is the real and official date.

Anyways, she found it!

#computerhistory

computer history

Today in 1947 Grace Hopper found the first computer bug.

In many reports the date is 9th of September 1947. There are some theories about this discrepancy. One theory is they actually found the bug on 7th of September but realized it's importance two days later and wrote it down in the log. Another theory is the bug was presented in a meeting two days later as the cause of the problem and became known to a wider group of people.
It's also possible the date in her notebook was a simple mistake and the 9th is the real and official date.

Anyways, she found it!

#computerhistory

Amazing. A map showing every page of BYTE magazine.

"This zoomable map shows every page of every issue of BYTE starting from the front cover of the first issue (top left) to the last page of final edition (bottom right)."

https://byte.tsundoku.io/

#Computers#Magazines#Byte#RetroComputing#ComputerHistory

Amazing. A map showing every page of BYTE magazine.

"This zoomable map shows every page of every issue of BYTE starting from the front cover of the first issue (top left) to the last page of final edition (bottom right)."

https://byte.tsundoku.io/

#Computers#Magazines#Byte#RetroComputing#ComputerHistory

I'm splitting my time today wrapping up reading about the history of WordPerfect and watching this documentary on YouTube about the history of The Linotype and its impact on the world. #history #printing#ComputerHistory
Linotype | How One Machine Shaped History | The Real OG of Mass Communication

I'm splitting my time today wrapping up reading about the history of WordPerfect and watching this documentary on YouTube about the history of The Linotype and its impact on the world. #history #printing#ComputerHistory
Linotype | How One Machine Shaped History | The Real OG of Mass Communication