Digital Research Inc had been founded to sell CP/M in 1976 by Gary and Dorothy Kildall. The operating system quickly became the defacto for any computer built around either the Intel 8080 or Intel Z80 microprocessors, and it even became … Read more
Paper Clips What counts as a paper clip? For purposes of the discussion and timeline presented here, a paper clip is a flat or nearly flat piece of metal that slides over an edge of a set of papers … Read more
Before we get to the fateful date of March 21, 1839, let’s tip our hats one more time to Allen Walker Read, the man who solved the mystery of OK’s origins. Keep in mind that Read was working in the … Read more
The first part of a whistle stop tour of the history of C compilers. Also GNU/Linux, dragons and lots of architectures! The economic advantages of portability are very great. In many segments of the computer industry, the dominant cost is … Read more
Source Control Management (SCM) Systems, have a long and rich history. As the systems evolved, so have their concepts, use cases and adoption over time. While SCMs are ubiquitous in modern software development, they have been fairly novel in the … Read more
It’s one of those anachronisms that is deeply embedded in modern technology. From cloud operator servers to embedded controllers in appliances, there must be uncountable devices that think they are connected to a TTY. I will omit the many interesting … Read more
This post was originally published as part of the Thucydides Roundtable project over at Zenpundit. I encourage you to read all of the posts in the roundtable.Meet Sima Qian. I hold him in high regard. You could say that this … Read more
Rachel Nuwer’s “I Feel Love: MDMA and the Quest for Connection in a Fractured World,” is clearly aimed at a broad audience. It will resonate with readers who have experienced MDMA recreationally, probably at a rave, or therapeutically, probably to … Read more
The first volume of the History of Cartography was published in 1987 and the three books that constitute Volume Two appeared over the following eleven years. In 1987 the worldwide web did not exist, and since 1998 book publishing has … Read more
In February of 1992, the development of Windows 3.1 was nearing a close, and the Windows team was trying to figure out what their next steps would be. By the 5th of March, the team knew that they’d be focusing … Read more