Episode 12 - Journey to Altair
Today we are going to be traveling back to the late 1970s to take a look at the early days of the home computer. And specifically how Microsoft found a foothold at just the right time and place. And f...
8 Sep 201932min
Episode 11 - Spacewar! (the Game)
It really seems like in the last decade video games have gone from a somewhat niche hobby to a widespread part of our culture. Nowadays, there are a multitude of ways to get out gaming fix. Consoles, ...
25 Aug 201924min
Episode 10.5 - The Jargon File
In this mini-episode we look at the Jargon File, an early primary source about hacker culture. The most recent version of the file lives here: http://catb.org/jargon/html/ If you want more of my voice...
18 Aug 201910min
Episode 10 - Networking for a Nuclear War, the Americans
In this episode we are going to explore the ARPANET. This is a companion to the last episode, which covered contemporary Soviet attempts to create an early internet. Like with last time, today we are ...
11 Aug 201927min
Episode 9 - Networking for a Nuclear War, the Soviets
Often times people assume the US is the homeland of the internet. Funded by the US Department of Defence, the first attempts at a large-scale network were started during the height of the Cold War, an...
28 Juli 201927min
Episode 8 - Acorn and the BBC
The Raspberry Pi had been a huge success at its stated goals, and continues to be. But, this isn't the first time a British company would design and develop a computer as an accessible platform for le...
14 Juli 201930min
Episode 7 - Attack of the PC Clones
Today, I want to share with you the story of the first PC clones and how they cemented the rise of the x86 chipset. Most of this story takes place between 1981 and 1984, but I think it's fair to say...
30 Juni 201923min
Episode 6.5 - Edge-Notched
In this byte-sized episode we look at edge-notched cards. A punch card adjacent technology with a strange connection to the early internet.
23 Juni 20196min
