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  1. Paul McJones @pmcjones traces the origins and evolution of the Software Preservation Group since the early 2000s. The organization started at the Computer History Museum as "[...] an advisory committee (with staff, trustees, and volunteers) to explore issues of identifying, collecting, preserving, and presenting software".

    mcjones.org/dustydecks/archive

    #software #CHM #retrocomputing

  2. The #CHM has published an amazing story on the history of #Siri. Yes, _that_ Siri. And it puts it into historical context by mentioning some key design concepts that came before it.

    #AgenticAI #AI #UX #TechHistory

    SECRETS OF SIRI
    An unfinished revolution in agentic ai

    computerhistory.org/stories/se

  3. Clippy included in the exhibit about AI and chatbots at the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley. #CHM #clippy #MSOffice

  4. I got distracted yesterday, but to continue what I promised:
    Everyone who knows me, knows that I am slightly obsessed with the Zuse #z23. So I was happy to see (small) parts of it at the #ComputerHistoryMuseum.
    But the choice of cards is slightly confusing.
    This computer is built out of discrete transistor logic, on relatively low density cards. So what happened here is, they apparently selected 2 visually interesting cards and by doing so picked cards which are analog in nature and not part of the compute logic at all!

    One of the cards has 601 visible, which is the identifier of this card type, which can be looked up in the official documentation, which luckily is hosted online by multiple universities.
    This tells us, that this is actually part of the storage drum (think hard disk, but the data is on the side rather than on the top surface) and it's a "single impulse amplifier".
    I totally see how that happens, as a card with 4 transistors and 4 resistors isn't visually interesting to look at.
    I am also very aware, that I am probably one of 10, certainly less than 100 people alive, who would notice this.
    We talk about an obscure German computer from the late 1950s after all.

    museum.cs.rptu.de/Rechner/Zuse

    #Zuse #ZuseZ23 #CHM #retrocomputing

  5. I got distracted yesterday, but to continue what I promised:
    Everyone who knows me, knows that I am slightly obsessed with the Zuse . So I was happy to see (small) parts of it at the .
    But the choice of cards is slightly confusing.
    This computer is built out of discrete transistor logic, on relatively low density cards. So what happened here is, they apparently selected 2 visually interesting cards and by doing so picked cards which are analog in nature and not part of the compute logic at all!

    One of the cards has 601 visible, which is the identifier of this card type, which can be looked up in the official documentation, which luckily is hosted online by multiple universities.
    This tells us, that this is actually part of the storage drum (think hard disk, but the data is on the side rather than on the top surface) and it's a "single impulse amplifier".
    I totally see how that happens, as a card with 4 transistors and 4 resistors isn't visually interesting to look at.
    I am also very aware, that I am probably one of 10, certainly less than 100 people alive, who would notice this.
    We talk about an obscure German computer from the late 1950s after all.

    museum.cs.rptu.de/Rechner/Zuse

  6. I got distracted yesterday, but to continue what I promised:
    Everyone who knows me, knows that I am slightly obsessed with the Zuse #z23. So I was happy to see (small) parts of it at the #ComputerHistoryMuseum.
    But the choice of cards is slightly confusing.
    This computer is built out of discrete transistor logic, on relatively low density cards. So what happened here is, they apparently selected 2 visually interesting cards and by doing so picked cards which are analog in nature and not part of the compute logic at all!

    One of the cards has 601 visible, which is the identifier of this card type, which can be looked up in the official documentation, which luckily is hosted online by multiple universities.
    This tells us, that this is actually part of the storage drum (think hard disk, but the data is on the side rather than on the top surface) and it's a "single impulse amplifier".
    I totally see how that happens, as a card with 4 transistors and 4 resistors isn't visually interesting to look at.
    I am also very aware, that I am probably one of 10, certainly less than 100 people alive, who would notice this.
    We talk about an obscure German computer from the late 1950s after all.

    museum.cs.rptu.de/Rechner/Zuse

    #Zuse #ZuseZ23 #CHM #retrocomputing

  7. I got distracted yesterday, but to continue what I promised:
    Everyone who knows me, knows that I am slightly obsessed with the Zuse #z23. So I was happy to see (small) parts of it at the #ComputerHistoryMuseum.
    But the choice of cards is slightly confusing.
    This computer is built out of discrete transistor logic, on relatively low density cards. So what happened here is, they apparently selected 2 visually interesting cards and by doing so picked cards which are analog in nature and not part of the compute logic at all!

    One of the cards has 601 visible, which is the identifier of this card type, which can be looked up in the official documentation, which luckily is hosted online by multiple universities.
    This tells us, that this is actually part of the storage drum (think hard disk, but the data is on the side rather than on the top surface) and it's a "single impulse amplifier".
    I totally see how that happens, as a card with 4 transistors and 4 resistors isn't visually interesting to look at.
    I am also very aware, that I am probably one of 10, certainly less than 100 people alive, who would notice this.
    We talk about an obscure German computer from the late 1950s after all.

    museum.cs.rptu.de/Rechner/Zuse

    #Zuse #ZuseZ23 #CHM #retrocomputing

  8. I got distracted yesterday, but to continue what I promised:
    Everyone who knows me, knows that I am slightly obsessed with the Zuse #z23. So I was happy to see (small) parts of it at the #ComputerHistoryMuseum.
    But the choice of cards is slightly confusing.
    This computer is built out of discrete transistor logic, on relatively low density cards. So what happened here is, they apparently selected 2 visually interesting cards and by doing so picked cards which are analog in nature and not part of the compute logic at all!

    One of the cards has 601 visible, which is the identifier of this card type, which can be looked up in the official documentation, which luckily is hosted online by multiple universities.
    This tells us, that this is actually part of the storage drum (think hard disk, but the data is on the side rather than on the top surface) and it's a "single impulse amplifier".
    I totally see how that happens, as a card with 4 transistors and 4 resistors isn't visually interesting to look at.
    I am also very aware, that I am probably one of 10, certainly less than 100 people alive, who would notice this.
    We talk about an obscure German computer from the late 1950s after all.

    museum.cs.rptu.de/Rechner/Zuse

    #Zuse #ZuseZ23 #CHM #retrocomputing

  9. Since I will try to have a relaxed day, expect some sorted thoughts from the last week and in particular yesterday's museum visits.
    I start with one of the most unusual exhibition pieces:
    A Xerox Parc Beanbag Chair.

    #CHM #ComputerHistoryMuseum

  10. Since I will try to have a relaxed day, expect some sorted thoughts from the last week and in particular yesterday's museum visits.
    I start with one of the most unusual exhibition pieces:
    A Xerox Parc Beanbag Chair.

    #CHM #ComputerHistoryMuseum

  11. Since I will try to have a relaxed day, expect some sorted thoughts from the last week and in particular yesterday's museum visits.
    I start with one of the most unusual exhibition pieces:
    A Xerox Parc Beanbag Chair.

  12. Since I will try to have a relaxed day, expect some sorted thoughts from the last week and in particular yesterday's museum visits.
    I start with one of the most unusual exhibition pieces:
    A Xerox Parc Beanbag Chair.

    #CHM #ComputerHistoryMuseum

  13. Since I will try to have a relaxed day, expect some sorted thoughts from the last week and in particular yesterday's museum visits.
    I start with one of the most unusual exhibition pieces:
    A Xerox Parc Beanbag Chair.

    #CHM #ComputerHistoryMuseum

  14. We went to the Computer History Museum to see the AI Bot expo.
    Of course we went wearing our bot-related embroidery t-shirts.
    Muuuuuah... robots will kill us all!

    #chm #embroidery #retrogaming #recomputing

  15. We went to the Computer History Museum to see the AI Bot expo.
    Of course we went wearing our bot-related embroidery t-shirts.
    Muuuuuah... robots will kill us all!

    #chm #embroidery #retrogaming #recomputing

  16. We went to the Computer History Museum to see the AI Bot expo.
    Of course we went wearing our bot-related embroidery t-shirts.
    Muuuuuah... robots will kill us all!

    #chm #embroidery #retrogaming #recomputing

  17. We went to the Computer History Museum to see the AI Bot expo.
    Of course we went wearing our bot-related embroidery t-shirts.
    Muuuuuah... robots will kill us all!

    #chm #embroidery #retrogaming #recomputing

  18. We went to the Computer History Museum to see the AI Bot expo.
    Of course we went wearing our bot-related embroidery t-shirts.
    Muuuuuah... robots will kill us all!

    #chm #embroidery #retrogaming #recomputing

  19. The Congressional Medal of Honor is the highest award given for valor by the United States. Despite recent attempts to denigrate it by trump, the recipients represent the best among us.

    Today We honor USN Hospital Corpsman Second Class Donald Everett Ballard. On May 16, 1968, Corpsman Ballard heedless of his own safety evacuated a Marine under fire following an ambush. He fell on a grenade to smother it, and when it failed to detonate, he calmly went back to treating casualties.
    Thank you for your service and sacrifice #CHM #Medalofhonor #USN

    cmohs.org/recipients/donald-e-

  20. Two things I really enjoy — history and technology!

    I love that I got to see firsthand the early days of the Internet and World Wide Web as the public was just starting to explore them. This “Dialed In” conversation from the Computer History Museum brought back a lot of memories. Looking forward to reading @kdriscoll’s The Modem World.

    computerhistory.org/blog/diali

    #CHM #community #Computers #ComputerHistory #Technology

  21. Check out the new global tree canopy height map by Meta and the World Resources Institute (sustainability.fb.com/blog/202). See ecodiv.earth/post/treeheightma for a description of how to import the map for your area of interest in and get a map with acquisition dates.

    Be careful when using the data for your analysis, though. Some patterns clearly reflect differences in the dates of acquisition of the source imagery, rather than actual differences on the ground.

    @grassgis

  22. "CHM LIVE IN PERSON AND VIRTUAL EVENT
    THE GEEK WAY: A Handbook for a New Culture

    What if the most important innovation in tech isn't what companies make but how they make them? New York Times bestselling author Andrew McAfee will share the elements of what he calls "the Geek Way," a new corporate culture that's fast-moving, egalitarian, evidence-driven, and more.
    ..."

    DEC 14, 2023
    7:00 PM

    computerhistory.org/events/the

    #SiliconValley #SiliconValleyEvents #ComputerHistoryMuseum #CHM

  23. Check out the new global tree canopy height map by Meta and the World Resources Institute (sustainability.fb.com/blog/202). See ecodiv.earth/post/treeheightma for a description of how to import the map for your area of interest in #grassgis and get a map with acquisition dates.

    Be careful when using the data for your analysis, though. Some patterns clearly reflect differences in the dates of acquisition of the source imagery, rather than actual differences on the ground.

    #CHM #WRI #META @grassgis #opendata

  24. Check out the new global tree canopy height map by Meta and the World Resources Institute (sustainability.fb.com/blog/202). See ecodiv.earth/post/treeheightma for a description of how to import the map for your area of interest in #grassgis and get a map with acquisition dates.

    Be careful when using the data for your analysis, though. Some patterns clearly reflect differences in the dates of acquisition of the source imagery, rather than actual differences on the ground.

    #CHM #WRI #META @grassgis #opendata

  25. Check out the new global tree canopy height map by Meta and the World Resources Institute (sustainability.fb.com/blog/202). See ecodiv.earth/post/treeheightma for a description of how to import the map for your area of interest in #grassgis and get a map with acquisition dates.

    Be careful when using the data for your analysis, though. Some patterns clearly reflect differences in the dates of acquisition of the source imagery, rather than actual differences on the ground.

    #CHM #WRI #META @grassgis #opendata