Category Archives: Computer History

Who says girls can’t code!

Posted on January 28, 2025 by dkohn96
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Boston Dynamics: 40 years of development (1983 – 2023 ) Atlas

Posted on January 2, 2025 by dkohn96
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Nelma Persona

Posted on October 31, 2024 by dkohn96

I do not know what is making me hark back to my youth, but way back when I had a Nelma Persona CPM Computer. I spent many an hour doing my homework on Wordstar, playing with Calcstar Spreadsheets and downloading … Continue reading →

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From Punch Cards to Python – IEEE Spectrum

Posted on October 23, 2024 by dkohn96

https://spectrum.ieee.org/from-punch-cards-to-python

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Evolution of Storage Devices

Posted on August 17, 2024 by dkohn96

https://youtube.com/shorts/YgcUQK8B-Dg?si=_l9Xyyd81sJY2wMn

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Did you know about Microsoft’s secret post-Windows operating system? | Laptop Mag

Posted on August 10, 2024 by dkohn96

https://www.laptopmag.com/software/did-you-know-about-microsofts-secret-post-windows-operating-system

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Computer Museum of America

Posted on July 16, 2024 by dkohn96
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“We have won the war on floppy disks” — Japanese government says it has finally eradicated ancient hardware | TechRadar

Posted on July 3, 2024 by dkohn96

https://www.techradar.com/pro/we-have-won-the-war-on-floppy-disks-japanese-government-says-it-has-finally-eradicated-ancient-hardware

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The Sneaky Standard 

Posted on May 23, 2024 by dkohn96

How Intel undercut a standards body to give us the PCI connector https://spectrum.ieee.org/intel-pci-history

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Computer History Museum Tour (NOVA Education)

Posted on May 22, 2024 by dkohn96

I was lucky enough to visit the CHM last year in person, it is GEEK NIRVANA! The Video just doesn’t do it justice, but it is better than never seeing this wonderful museum.

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