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  • Rochus 717 days ago | parent | on: The influential MUSIC IV by Max Mathews appeared 6...
    See also

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUSIC-N

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Mathews

    https://120years.net/music-n-max-mathews-usa-1957/

  • Rochus 720 days ago | parent | on: Digital Research Source Code
    Interesting; I just noticed that also versions of the GEM source code are available (see e.g. http://www.deltasoft.com/downloads.htm).
    • jgrahamc 720 days ago
      Good thing to submit as a story!
      • Rochus 720 days ago
        Done
  • Rochus 722 days ago | parent | on: Atari ST in daily use since 1985 (video)
    Wow, these devices apparently had an amazing quality. The interviewee runs a campsite and bought an Atari ST in 1985 because it had more RAM than a PC, and he also had to write the management software himself, which he still has in daily use (starts it in spring and shuts it down in october). He didn't say which language/database he used for implementation; any ideas?
    • undefined 722 days ago
      Most likely Atari ST BASIC. Less likely option would be 68000 Assembly.
  • Rochus 723 days ago | parent | on: Dave Cutler: The Secret History of Microsoft Windo...
    For the ones interested, is also an earlier interview by the Computer History Museum, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29RkHH-psrY and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVgSLud50ss.
  • Rochus 727 days ago | parent | on: A cross-platform version of the ETH Oberon System ...
    Wirth and Gutknecht originally designed the system for teaching. In the first years, the system ran only on special hardware (Ceres) and had a minimal user interface. System 3, which put much more emphasis on a graphical user interface than the original system, and also had an interesting component technology with the gadgets, had competition from technologies like Delphi, which were easier to use and more easily available and integratable with mainstream systems.
    • bmonkey325 727 days ago
      Kind of what I thought. Delphi and Microsoft's poor cousin MFC sucked all the air out of the opportunity on Windows.
      • Rochus 726 days ago
        Yes, but rather Visual Basic than MFC when talking about MS.
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