Episode 59 - ALOHANET
ALOHANET was a wireless networking project started at the University of Hawaii in 1968. Initially, it had relatively little to do with ARPANET. But that relative isolation didn't last for long. As the...
27 Jun 20211h 4min
Episode 58 - Mercury Memories
This episode we take a look at the earliest days of computing, and one of the earliest forms of computer memory. Mercury delay lines, originally developed in the early 40s for use in radar, are perhap...
13 Jun 20211h 7min
Episode 57 - Simulated Sumeria
Where did educational games come from? According to some, the practice of using games in classrooms started in the early 60s with the appearance of the Sumerian Game. However, the story is more compli...
30 Mai 20211h
Episode 56 - TMS9900, an Alternate Future
The TI TMS9900 is a fascinating microprocessor. It was the first 16-bit microprocessor on the market, it has a unique architecture that makes it well suited to multitasking, and it was on IBM's shortl...
16 Mai 20211h 8min
Episode 55 - Project Xanadu
Project Xanadu, started in 1960, is perhaps the oldest hypertext system. It's creator, Ted Nelson, coined the term hypertext just to describe Xanadu. But it's not just a tool for linking data. Nelson'...
2 Mai 20211h 5min
Episode 54 - C Level, Part II
Even after nearly 50 years C remains a force in the programming world. Anytime you brows the web, or even log into a computer, C is somewhere in the background. This episode I wrap up my series on C b...
18 Apr 202158min
Episode 53 - C Level, Part I
C is easily one of the most influential programming languages in the world, and it's also one of the most popular languages in the world. Even after close to 50 years it remains in widespread and sust...
4 Apr 20211h 5min
Episode 52 - THE SOURCE
One of the great things about the modern Internet is the wide range of services and content available on it. You have news, email, games, even podcasts. And in each category you have a wide range of c...
21 Mar 202157min
