Gordon Bell, an architect of our digital age, dies at age 89
Bell architected DEC's VAX minicomputers, championed computer history, mentored at Microsoft.
Source: arstechnica.com
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Steve Jobs's signature is up for bid in Powersharing auction
In the 1980s and early 1990s, Charles Mann recorded talks by the biggest names in computing. Now their signed releases are going on auction.
Source: fastcompany.com
<Now Go Bang!> Train Spotting (I)
A story of trains, computers, and two images. This is at the same time a continuation to what may become a loose series, namely, “Things on the Web that aren’t what they seem to be”, and the beginning of an entirely new one. Anyway, this is the story of two photos that are rather well known in the context of computer history. You may even have seen one or the other popping up on a website. Since you are reading this blog, you may be even familiar with the broader context. Context In 1961, the MIT recieved a DEC PDP-1 computer from Digital Equipment Corporation as a donation. It was one...
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