How to measure influence on technological standards? The paper beyond this video proposes to use patent citations.
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Bootblock Rebels is a book about the Amiga cracking scene (1986-1996) - the coders, suppliers, sysops, & groups who built one of the most fascinating computer cultures of the 80s and 90s.
#amiga #retrogaming #demoscene #amigascene #kickstarter #bootblockrebels #computinghistory #retrocomputing
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Wow That’s Fascinating IBM Sold Billions of Punch Cards Before disks, programs and data were stored on punch cards. IBM once manufactured over a billion cards per year—each one a paper memory chip. Black background with orange text and decorative lines. Bottom text reads: vintage.computer.
Wow, that’s fascinating 🤯
Before hard drives and SSDs, data lived on punch cards. IBM once produced over a billion cards per year. Each one a tiny slice of paper memory powering business, science, and early computing.
#VintageComputer #IBM #PunchCards #ComputingHistory
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On February 27, 1976, the National Security Agency retired the IBM 7950 Harvest, one of the most powerful and specialized computers of its time. For more computing milestones: www.acm.org/education/ot... #OTD in #computinghistory
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The Drean Commodore 64 story: how Argentina built its own C64 www.generationamiga.com/2026/02/17/t... #Commodore64 #C64 #RetroComputing #VintageComputers #RetroTech #HomeComputing #ComputerHistory #RetroGaming #TechHistory #Drean #8Bit #ClassicComputers #RetroCollectors #ComputingHistory
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Forgotten C64 BASIC Games
#Commodore64 #C64 #8Bit #RetroComputing #BasicProgramming #TypeInPrograms #VintageComputing #RetroGames #GameDev #ComputingHistory #HomeComputers #8BitBasic
theoasisbbs.com/forgotten-c6...
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This weeks #throwbackthursday has to be the Acorn BBC Master 128 as it celebrates 40 years!
In February 1986, Acorn Computers released the BBC Master 128 microcomputer, the successor to the hugely popular BBC Micro.
Swipe to end for BBC AIV!
#bbcmaster #acorncomputer #computinghistory
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Unix v4 tape successfully recovered after fifty years.
🧠 Scientists found a 1973 magnetic tape in an attic.
⚡ Digital archeologists read the bits.
🎓 This version contains the first appearance of the pipe operator.
www.theregister.com/2025/12/23/u...
#Unix #ComputingHistory #LongLiveTape
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US Patent No. 2,616,626 for “Calculator”.
US Patent No. 2,616,626 for “Calculator”.
The Harvard Mark I, or the IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator.
1/3 On this day in 1945, IBM filed the patent application that would later granted as US Patent No. 2,616,626, titled simply “Calculator”.
#OnThisDay #OTD #PatentHistory #Patents #ComputingHistory #IBM
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#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 2010, Apple unveiled the iPad. The iPad reshaped how people interact with digital content and helped accelerate the rise of tablet computing in education, business, and everyday life. For more, click: www.acm.org/education/ot...
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In case you missed it - we have new videos on our YouTube and TikTok channels!
Latest one is our interview with @amigaaddict.bsky.social - we talk all things Amiga!
youtu.be/DPi2pbggNSA?...
Make sure you're following and subscribed 😀
#amiga #computinghistory #retrotech
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HBD, Wikipedia! #OTD in #ComputingHistory in 2001, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales made the first edit to the site by typing the phrase "Hello, World!" Today, Wikipedia celebrates 25 years of being our ubiquitous source of information.
For more: www.acm.org/education/ot...
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"Who still remembers mIRC and IRC?" [reddit]
www.reddit.com/r/nostalgia/...
#InternetRelayChat #IRC #IRCing #chat #network #internet #computing #computinghistory #reddit #chatroom #IRCserver
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US Patent No. 146,407 for an "Improvement in adding-machines".
The Spalding Adding Machine user instructions.
1/2 #OnThis Day in 1874, Cyrus Spalding, a Boston bookkeeper, received US #Patent No. 146,407 for an “Improvement in adding-machines”.
#OTD #PatentHistory #ComputingHistory
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In this CACM blog post, Herbert Bruderer—author of the book "Turning Points in the Analog and Digital World"—highlights four analog humanoid robots from the 18th century.
Do you know what they are? buff.ly/gpVbLYd
#technews #humanoid #robots #computinghistory
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Here is why vim uses hjkl keys as arrow keys
catonmat.net/why-vim-uses...
#vi #vim #unix #computinghistory
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A dark, star-filled space background with large yellow text reading “Milestone Monday” and “January 5th, 2006.” On the left is a close-up photo of an early Intel Core processor chip mounted on a green substrate. On the right, yellow text explains that Intel released the first Intel Core processors on January 5th, 2006, originally as a mobile-only CPU series, which later expanded to desktop and mobile processors across many performance configurations. At the bottom is a stylized yellow sunrise graphic above the text “vintage.computer.”
Intel released the first Core processors, originally as a mobile-only lineup. What started in laptops quickly reshaped desktops and performance computing for decades to come. #VintageComputer #ComputingHistory
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52 years later, only known copy of Unix v4 recovered from randomly found tape, now up and running on a system — first OS version with kernel and core utilities written in C
www.tomshardware.com/software/lin...
#Unix #ComputingHistory
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Collaboration with Jason Moore of AtariProjects.org showing how to connect your #Atari (or modern terminal emulator, SyncTerm, MuffinTerm, IcyTerm, fTelnet, Altirra) to a live #BBS.
Appreciate the opportunity, helping users connect to #computinghistory.
Goto Atari project @ www.atariprojects.org
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#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 1959, IBM delivered the IBM 7090, one of the earliest fully transistorized mainframe computers. Built as the successor to the vacuum-tube based 709, the 7090 offered improvements in speed, reliability, and power consumption. www.acm.org/education/ot...
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Cray T3E Supercomputer, variant with airflow cooling. System is property of datArena, Munich. #onepicaday #vintagecomputing #cray #supercomputer #techhistory #computinghistory #hpc
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Did you know Australia quietly built one of the earliest digital computers ever? Meet CSIRAC, a 2.5-tonne vacuum-tube behemoth that went live on this day 76 years ago. Dive into its forgotten story.
🔗 bit.ly/48jgawN
#ComputingHistory #Australia #TechHeritage
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Our trustee Martin Campbell-Kelly highlights his top oral history interview from the last decade. Hint: He unveiled Colossus's vital role in computing history. #ComputingHistory #OralHistory
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#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 1985, Microsoft launched its user interface, Windows. Many of us were first introduced to personal computing through Windows, remembering those early tiled windows and pull-down menus that defined the experience. More: www.acm.org/education/ot...
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#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 1969, the first message was sent over what would become the Internet. That brief, two-letter message marked the beginning of networked communication as we know it today. Read more: www.acm.org/education/ot...
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#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 1949, An Wang filed a patent for magnetic ferrite core memory, a breakthrough that transformed how computers stored data. For more computing milestones: www.acm.org/education/ot...
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Image with a red header that reads “FUN FACT FRIDAY.” Below, text says: “The GRiD Compass 1101 was introduced in 1982 and was the first commercially available ‘clamshell’ portable computer. It was very expensive ($8,150 at the time), but it was powerful and lightweight. Most were purchased by the US Government, including NASA who used the GRiD Compass on the Space Shuttle missions! GRiD Compass laptop on display at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum.” Below the text is a photo of the GRiD Compass laptop on display at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum. The laptop is black with a folding screen and keyboard, shown in a museum exhibit with placards and photos behind it. The bottom right corner of the image includes the CommPath logo.
Did you know the GRiD Compass 1101, released in 1982, was the first clamshell laptop ever made? It cost over $8,000 back then! But it was powerful, lightweight, and even used by NASA on Space Shuttle missions! 💻✨
#FunFactFriday #TechHistory #CommPath #NASA #ComputingHistory
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"#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 1956, IBM released the first manual for the programming language FORTRAN."
mathstodon.xyz/@ACM@mastodon.acm.org/11...
BTW re: your book on improving Fortran: Have you implemented it? It sounds like an advantageous language. It's […]
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The Analytical Engine, designed by Charles Babbage in 1837, was the world's first general-purpose computer—paving the way for modern computing! 🤖💡 #RandomFact #ComputingHistory #TechPioneers #CharlesBabbage #19thCentury
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Reading about the #Arduino acquisition brings up dear memories from its early days... Co-running/hosting some of the very first Arduino workshops in London in 2007/8, sharing the office with Massimo's mini-company TinkerIt Ltd., meeting the Arduino core team for dinners... prior to that, working […]
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