Two Stop Bits | Stories tagged "computing"

Bill Gates, Paul Allen, and the Code That Started Microsoft (2025) (gates paulallen altair basic microsoft computing software) (thenewstack.io)
3 points by bmonkey325 66 days ago | discuss
Comics from 1978/05 Creative Computing Mag (2025) (creative computing magazine may 1978 humor) (substack.com | ia)
2 points by bmonkey325 108 days ago | discuss
1953 US Navy training film on mechanical computers (video) (historical navy 50s mechanical computing training analog) (youtu.be)
1 point by bmonkey325 316 days ago | discuss
In the Beginning was the Command Line (historical micro essay critique computing) (stanford.edu | ia)
6 points by bmonkey325 339 days ago | 2 comments
My favorite 1980's Canadian TV show: Bits and Bytes (canada education historical 1980s television computing commentary) (substack.com)
5 points by bmonkey325 389 days ago | discuss
Building an IBM 3270 terminal controller (ibm 3270 fpga python emulation vintage computing) (ajk.me | ia)
3 points by bmonkey325 430 days ago | discuss
Computing at CERN: the mainframe era (cern mainframe computing era) (cerncourier.com | ia)
3 points by bmonkey325 436 days ago | discuss
Retrotechtacular: The IBM 7070 (historical technology ibm mainframe computing innovation 1950s transistor) (hackaday.com | ia)
2 points by bmonkey325 460 days ago | discuss
The first microcomputer: The transfluxor-powered Arma Micro Computer from 1962 (historical micro computing aerospace transfluxor 1960s) (righto.com | ia)
3 points by bmonkey325 479 days ago | discuss
Dr. Dobb's Journal – Vol 1 (Archive) (historical ddj early computing) (archive.org)
2 points by bmonkey325 483 days ago | 1 comment
I don't know you from Adam (retro computing hardware restoration troubleshooting coleco psu vintage) (leadedsolder.com | ia)
5 points by bmonkey325 486 days ago | discuss
Primordial USB on Atari 8-bits (historical peripheral atari sio usb technology innovation computing) (goto10retro.com | ia)
3 points by bmonkey325 488 days ago | discuss
The Lincoln TX-2 Computer Development (mit lincoln lab early computing 36bit oldiron kops) (acm.org | ia)
2 points by bmonkey325 489 days ago | discuss
A Personal History of APL (historical programming apl computing notation methodology) (ed-thelen.org | ia)
2 points by bmonkey325 548 days ago | discuss