Advent of Computing
By Sean Haas
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Subscribers: 117
Reviews: 3
Episodes: 201
D
Nov 9, 2024
love this podcast. no obtrusive music, just a calm voice telling interesting stories. highly recommended
datucker
Nov 6, 2023
Always very enjoyable and in-depth podcast on various subjects in computer history
Jun 30, 2023
Description
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Episode 184 - What Is A Programming Language?
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Jun 21, 2026 |
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Dale Biagio - Hello, World!
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Jun 14, 2026 |
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Episode 183 - A Digital Gap?
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May 31, 2026 |
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Episode 182 - Spinning Memories
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May 18, 2026 |
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Episode 181 - RAYDAC
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May 03, 2026 |
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Episode 180 - You Wouldn't Magnetize a Tape!
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Apr 19, 2026 |
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Episode 179 - Programming Block by Block
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Apr 04, 2026 |
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Episode 178 - The Programma 101
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Mar 22, 2026 |
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Dan Temkin - Forty-Four Esolangs
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Episode 177 - Getting Real with RSX
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Episode 176 - Is That Even UNIX?
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Episode 175 - SNOBOL? That's Disgusting!
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Episode 174 - The Bell Model I
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Episode 173 - Hybrid Programming
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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Episode 172 - Analog/Hybrid
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Episode 171 - What Is a 4GL?
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Episode 170 - Thoroughbred/OS
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Episode 169.5 - Ben Zotto and the Story of Sphere Computers
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Nov 01, 2025 |
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Episode 169 - Dellinger's Viruses
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Oct 26, 2025 |
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Episode 168 - Halt and Catch Fire
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Oct 19, 2025 |
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Episode 167 - The Tape That Unwound Itself
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Oct 12, 2025 |
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Episode 166 - Beyond the PDP-11
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Oct 05, 2025 |
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Episode 165 - LSI-11
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Sep 21, 2025 |
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Episode 164 - LGP-30 LIVE! from VCF West
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Sep 07, 2025 |
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Episode 163 - Ever Heard of the PDP-11?
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Aug 24, 2025 |
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Episode 162 - CSIRAC, Australia's First Computer
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Aug 10, 2025 |
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Episode 161 - The IAS Machine
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Jul 13, 2025 |
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Episode 160 - What can Lunar Lander tell us about FOCAL?
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Jun 29, 2025 |
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Episode 159 - The Intel 286: A Legacy Trap
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Jun 15, 2025 |
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Episode 158 - INTERCAL RIDES AGAIN - Restoring a Lost Compiler
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Jun 01, 2025 |
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Episode 157 - Only S1 Users Will Survive!
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May 11, 2025 |
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Episode 156 - RPG, a Different Paradigm?
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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Episode 155 - LINC
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Apr 13, 2025 |
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Episode 154 - ACTing Up
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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Episode 153 - The Keypact Mystery
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Episode 152 - LIVE at VCF - Reviving Retro Panel
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Mar 02, 2025 |
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Episode 151 - The Friden Flexowriter
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Episode 150 - Starting Windows Up
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Episode 149 - IDRIS Is Not UNIX
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Jan 05, 2025 |
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Episode 148 - Is BLISS Ignorance?
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Dec 22, 2024 |
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Episode 147 - Molecular Electronic Computer
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Episode 146 - The Z4
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Episode 145 - Zuse's Mysterious Machines
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Episode 144 - RABBITS
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Oct 27, 2024 |
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Episode 143 - The Haunted Hard Drive
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Oct 20, 2024 |
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Episode 142 - OS and JEDGAR
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Oct 13, 2024 |
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Episode 141 - Computer Ruins Grocer
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Oct 06, 2024 |
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Episode 140 - Assembling Code
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Sep 29, 2024 |
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Episode 139 - HUTSPIEL
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Sep 15, 2024 |
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Episode 138 - Type-It-Yourself
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Sep 01, 2024 |
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Episode 137 - Edge Notched LIVE
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Aug 18, 2024 |
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Episode 136.5 - Data Center Disaster
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Aug 04, 2024 |
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Episode 136 - Getting On TRAC
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Jul 21, 2024 |
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Episode 135 - XENIX
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Jul 07, 2024 |
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Episode 134 - Beyond the Punch
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Jun 23, 2024 |
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Episode 133 - LIVE from Intelligent Speech 2023
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Jun 09, 2024 |
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Episode 132 - The PDP-1
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May 26, 2024 |
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Episode 131 - Computer... Books?
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May 05, 2024 |
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Episode 130 - ALGOL, Part II
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Apr 21, 2024 |
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Episode 129 - ALGOL, Part I
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Apr 07, 2024 |
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Episode 128 - Cryotrons LIVE!
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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Episode 127 - Nim
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Episode 126 - IBM Compatible (No, Not Those)
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Episode 125 - US v IBM
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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VCF SoCal - Interview with Micki and Steve
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Jan 20, 2024 |
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Episode 124 - The Full 360
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Episode 123 - The Jupiter Ace
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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Episode 122 - To Edit Text
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Episode 121 - Arguments Against Programming
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Episode 120 - Simply COSMAC
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Episode 119 - The Batch!
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Oct 29, 2023 |
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Episode 118 - Viral Dark Ages
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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Episode 117 - What's in a Byte?
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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Episode 116 - Monte Carlo
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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Episode 115 - Digital Lifeforms
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Aug 27, 2023 |
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Reading - The Story of Mel
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Aug 26, 2023 |
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Episode 114 - The LGP-30: A Forgotten Machine
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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Episode 113 - Prolog, Part II
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Jul 30, 2023 |
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Episode 112 - Prolog, Part I
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Jul 16, 2023 |
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Episode 111 - To Boldly Transmit
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Jul 02, 2023 |
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Episode 110 - The Atari 2600
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Jun 18, 2023 |
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Episode 109 - What's Up With Microcontrollers?
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Jun 04, 2023 |
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Episode 108 - The Mundaneum, Part II
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May 21, 2023 |
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Episode 107 - The Mundaneum, Part I
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May 07, 2023 |
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Episode 106 - Digital Eyes
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Apr 16, 2023 |
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Episode 105 - Apple's Growing Pains
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Apr 02, 2023 |
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Episode 104 - Sketchpad
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Mar 19, 2023 |
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Episode 103 - The Text Interface
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Episode 102 - Application of Ada
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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Episode 101 - Origins of Ada
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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Episode 100 - Updates and Mysteries
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Episode 99 - The Berkeley Software Distribution
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Episode 98 - The Canon Cat
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Dec 26, 2022 |
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Episode 97 - What Exactly IS A Database? Part II
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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Episode 96 - What Exactly IS A Database? Part I
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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Episode 95 - Aspen Movie Map
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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Episode 94 - Robots, and the End of Humanity
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Oct 30, 2022 |
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Episode 93 - Fun and (Horror) Games
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Oct 16, 2022 |
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Episode 92 - Copy Protection
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Oct 02, 2022 |
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Episode 91 - Whirlwind
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Sep 18, 2022 |
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Episode 90 - Where Did The S100 Bus Go?
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Sep 04, 2022 |
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Episode 89 - Forth
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Aug 21, 2022 |
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Episode 88 - BEFLIX, Early Digital Animation
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Aug 07, 2022 |
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Episode 87 - The ILLIAC Suite
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Jul 24, 2022 |
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Episode 86 - Fluidic Computing
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Jul 10, 2022 |
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Episode 85 - Visi On, the PC GUI
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Jun 26, 2022 |
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Episode 84 - VisiCalc, the Killer App
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Jun 12, 2022 |
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Episode 83 - SEAC
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May 29, 2022 |
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Episode 82.5 - Aaron Reed Interview, 50 Years of Text Games
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May 22, 2022 |
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Episode 82 - Juggling Jobs with OS-9
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May 15, 2022 |
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Episode 81 - A Ballad in 2600 Hertz
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May 01, 2022 |
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Episode 80 - The Analytical Engine
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Apr 17, 2022 |
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Episode 79 - ZOG: Military Strength Hypertext
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Apr 03, 2022 |
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Episode 78 - INTERCAL and Esoterica
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Mar 20, 2022 |
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Episode 77 - Magnetic Memories
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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Episode 76 - Star Trek the (Unofficial) Game
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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Episode 75 - A Cybernetic Future
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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Episode 74 - The Elegance of LISP
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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Episode 73 - IPL, AI, and Linked Lists
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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Episode 72 - Viatron Topples IBM
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Dec 27, 2021 |
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Episode 71 - 6502, The Mini-Microprocessor
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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Episode 70 - The oN-Line System, Part 2
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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Episode 69 - The oN-Line System, Part 1
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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Episode 68 - Zork
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Oct 31, 2021 |
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Episode 67 - Debug!
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Oct 17, 2021 |
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Episode 66 - Viruses and the PC
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Oct 03, 2021 |
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Episode 65 - Teletype, Teleprint, and Telegrams
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Sep 19, 2021 |
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Episode 64 - Gemini's Tiny Machine
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Sep 05, 2021 |
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Episode 63 - What's With The Wedge, Part 2
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Aug 22, 2021 |
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Episode 62 - What's With The Wedge? Part 1
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Aug 08, 2021 |
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Episode 61 - FRESS and Practical Hypertext
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Jul 25, 2021 |
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Bonus Episode - Q&A
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Jul 18, 2021 |
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Episode 60 - COBOL Never Dies
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Jul 11, 2021 |
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Episode 59 - ALOHANET
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Jun 27, 2021 |
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Episode 58 - Mercury Memories
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Jun 13, 2021 |
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Episode 57 - Simulated Sumeria
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May 30, 2021 |
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Episode 56 - TMS9900, an Alternate Future
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May 16, 2021 |
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Episode 55 - Project Xanadu
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May 02, 2021 |
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Episode 54 - C Level, Part II
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Apr 18, 2021 |
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Episode 53 - C Level, Part I
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Apr 04, 2021 |
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Episode 52 - THE SOURCE
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Mar 21, 2021 |
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Episode 51 - The IBM PC
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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Episode 50 - 8086: The Unexpected Future
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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Episode 49 - Numeric Control and Digital Westerns
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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Episode 48 - Electric Ping-Pong
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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Episode 47.5 - Lars Brinkhoff Interview, Preserving ITS
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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Episode 47 - ITS: Open Computing
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Jan 11, 2021 |
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Episode 46 - Hacker Folklore
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Dec 28, 2020 |
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Episode 45 - Keeping Things BASIC
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Dec 14, 2020 |
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Episode 44 - ENIAC, Part II
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Nov 30, 2020 |
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Episode 43 - ENIAC, Part I
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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Episode 42 - IBM Gets Personal
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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Episode 41 - Return of Viruses: The Spread
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Oct 18, 2020 |
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Episode 40 - Spam, Email, and Best Intentions
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Oct 04, 2020 |
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Episode 39 - Learning Along the Oregon Trail
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Sep 20, 2020 |
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Episode 38 - JOVIAL, the Evolution of Programming
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Sep 06, 2020 |
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Episode 37 - The Rise of DOS
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Aug 23, 2020 |
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Episode 36 - The Rise of CP/M
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Aug 09, 2020 |
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Episode 35 - Analog Computing and the Automatic Totalisator
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Jul 26, 2020 |
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Episode 34 - 8080 VS Z80
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Jul 12, 2020 |
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Episode 33.5 - Brad Chase Interview, Marketing Lead for Windows 95 and Much More
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Jul 05, 2020 |
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Episode 33 - Becoming Portable
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Jun 28, 2020 |
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Episode 32 - Road to Transistors, Part II
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Jun 14, 2020 |
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Episode 31 - Road to Transistors: Part I
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May 31, 2020 |
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Episode 30 - Coherent Is Not UNIX!
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May 17, 2020 |
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Episode 29.5 - A Guided Tour of the Macintosh
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May 10, 2020 |
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Episode 29 - PCM, Origins of Digital Audio
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May 03, 2020 |
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Episode 28 - Applesoft BASIC, Microsoft and Apple's First Collaboration
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Apr 19, 2020 |
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Episode 27 - Vectrex, Playing With Vectors
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Apr 05, 2020 |
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Episode 26 - Memex and Hyperlinks
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Mar 22, 2020 |
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Episode 25 - Making Disks Flexible, Part 2
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Mar 08, 2020 |
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Episode 24 - Making Disks Flexible, Part 1
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Feb 24, 2020 |
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Episode 23 - FORTRAN, Compilers, and Early Programming
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Feb 10, 2020 |
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Episode 22 - Going Rogue
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Jan 26, 2020 |
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Episode 21 - 8008: Intel's Second Shot
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Jan 13, 2020 |
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Episode 20.5 - Cooking in Y2K
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Jan 06, 2020 |
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Episode 20 - PLATO Part 2: An Online Revolution
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Dec 30, 2019 |
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Episode 19 - PLATO Part 1: A Revolution in Teaching
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Dec 16, 2019 |
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Episode 18 - Evolution of the Mouse
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Dec 02, 2019 |
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Episode 17.5 - Bill's Problem with Piracy
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Nov 25, 2019 |
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Episode 17 - The BBC Domesday Project
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Episode 16 - 4004: The First Microprocessor
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Nov 04, 2019 |
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Episode 15 - Lost in the Colossal Cave
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Oct 20, 2019 |
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Episode 14 - Creeping Towards Viruses
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Oct 06, 2019 |
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Episode 13.5 - Minitel Research Lab Interview, with Julien Mailland and Kevin Driscoll
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Sep 29, 2019 |
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Episode 13 - Minitel, the French Network Connection
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Sep 22, 2019 |
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Episode 12 - Journey to Altair
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Sep 08, 2019 |
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Episode 11 - Spacewar! (the Game)
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Aug 25, 2019 |
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Episode 10.5 - The Jargon File
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Aug 18, 2019 |
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Episode 10 - Networking for a Nuclear War, the Americans
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Aug 11, 2019 |
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Episode 9 - Networking for a Nuclear War, the Soviets
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Jul 28, 2019 |
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Episode 8 - Acorn and the BBC
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Jul 14, 2019 |
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Episode 7 - Attack of the PC Clones
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Jun 30, 2019 |
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Episode 6.5 - Edge-Notched
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Jun 23, 2019 |
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Episode 6 - Digital Voices
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Jun 16, 2019 |
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Episode 5 - Unix for the People, Part 2
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Jun 02, 2019 |
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Episode 4.5 - Space Travel!
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May 27, 2019 |
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Episode 4 - Unix for the People, Part 1
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May 20, 2019 |
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Episode 3 - Mythic Macintosh
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May 05, 2019 |
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Episode 2 - The Demo
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Apr 22, 2019 |
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Episode 1 - Folded Spindled and Mutilated
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Apr 09, 2019 |