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 Kesä 20196min
Episode 6 - Digital Voices
What are the origins of our modern day text-to-speech systems? In this episode we will dive into the rich history of electronic talking machines. Along the way I will tell you the story of the vocoder...
16 Kesä 201925min
Episode 5 - Unix for the People, Part 2
Now, as the name suggests this is the second part of a series on the history of UNIX. Part 1 mainly covers the background leading up to UNIX. If you haven't listened to it yet, I strongly suggest you ...
2 Kesä 201929min
Episode 4.5 - Space Travel!
In this mini-episode we talk about Space Travel, an obscure video game from 1969.
27 Touko 20195min
Episode 4 - Unix for the People, Part 1
Many people have never even heard of Unix, an operating system first released in the early 1970s. But that doesn't change the fact that all of the internet, and nearly every computer or smart device y...
20 Touko 201923min
Episode 3 - Mythic Macintosh
The original Apple Macintosh, later rebranded the Macintosh 128k, is inarguably one of the most recognizable vintage computers. Even it's design has become iconic: a single 3 ½ inch floppy drive and 9...
5 Touko 201926min
Episode 2 - The Demo
A lot of newer technology doesn't expressly say it's going to "revolutionize the human experience", but sometimes, that line may actually be closer to the truth than you would expect. Today, I am goin...
22 Huhti 201923min
Episode 1 - Folded Spindled and Mutilated
Today, I want to share with you a technology that shambles among us as a corpse that refuses to die. That is, of course, the punch card. In this episode, we will be talking about the storied history a...
9 Huhti 201926min
