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Advent of Computing podcast
Very good and elaborate tech history podcast.
episode 171 - what is a 4gl?
- Nov 24
episode 170 - thoroughbred/os
- Nov 10
episode 169.5 - ben zotto and the story of sphere computers
- Nov 01
episode 169 - dellinger's viruses
- Oct 26
episode 168 - halt and catch fire
- Oct 19
episode 167 - the tape that unwound itself
- Oct 12
episode 166 - beyond the pdp-11
- Oct 05
episode 165 - lsi-11
- Sep 21
episode 164 - lgp-30 live! from vcf west
- Sep 07
episode 163 - ever heard of the pdp-11?
- Aug 24
episode 162 - csirac, australia's first computer
- Aug 10
episode 161 - the ias machine
- Jul 13
episode 160 - what can lunar lander tell us about focal?
- Jun 29
episode 159 - the intel 286: a legacy trap
- Jun 15
episode 158 - intercal rides again - restoring a lost compiler
- Jun 01
episode 157 - only s1 users will survive!
- May 11
episode 156 - rpg, a different paradigm?
- Apr 27
episode 155 - linc
- Apr 13
episode 154 - acting up
- Mar 30
episode 153 - the keypact mystery
- Mar 17
episode 152 - live at vcf - reviving retro panel
- Mar 02
episode 151 - the friden flexowriter
- Feb 03
episode 150 - starting windows up
- Jan 20
episode 149 - idris is not unix
- Jan 05
episode 148 - is bliss ignorance?
- Dec 22 2024
episode 147 - molecular electronic computer
- Dec 09 2024
episode 146 - the z4
- Nov 25 2024
episode 145 - zuse's mysterious machines
- Nov 11 2024
episode 144 - rabbits
- Oct 27 2024
episode 143 - the haunted hard drive
- Oct 20 2024
episode 142 - os and jedgar
- Oct 13 2024
episode 141 - computer ruins grocer
- Oct 06 2024
episode 140 - assembling code
- Sep 29 2024
episode 139 - hutspiel
- Sep 15 2024
episode 138 - type-it-yourself
- Sep 01 2024
episode 137 - edge notched live
- Aug 18 2024
episode 136.5 - data center disaster
- Aug 04 2024
episode 136 - getting on trac
- Jul 21 2024
episode 135 - xenix
- Jul 07 2024
episode 134 - beyond the punch
- Jun 23 2024
episode 133 - live from intelligent speech 2023
- Jun 09 2024
episode 132 - the pdp-1
- May 26 2024
episode 131 - computer... books?
- May 05 2024
episode 130 - algol, part ii
- Apr 21 2024
episode 129 - algol, part i
- Apr 07 2024
episode 128 - cryotrons live!
- Mar 24 2024
episode 127 - nim
- Mar 11 2024
episode 126 - ibm compatible (no, not those)
- Feb 19 2024
episode 125 - us v ibm
- Feb 01 2024
vcf socal - interview with micki and steve
- Jan 20 2024
episode 124 - the full 360
- Jan 15 2024
episode 123 - the jupiter ace
- Jan 01 2024
episode 122 - to edit text
- Dec 18 2023
episode 121 - arguments against programming
- Dec 04 2023
episode 120 - simply cosmac
- Nov 13 2023
episode 119 - the batch!
- Oct 29 2023
episode 118 - viral dark ages
- Oct 15 2023
episode 117 - what's in a byte?
- Sep 24 2023
episode 116 - monte carlo
- Sep 10 2023
episode 115 - digital lifeforms
- Aug 27 2023
reading - the story of mel
- Aug 26 2023
episode 114 - the lgp-30: a forgotten machine
- Aug 15 2023
episode 113 - prolog, part ii
- Jul 30 2023
episode 112 - prolog, part i
- Jul 16 2023
episode 111 - to boldly transmit
- Jul 02 2023
episode 110 - the atari 2600
- Jun 18 2023
episode 109 - what's up with microcontrollers?
- Jun 04 2023
episode 108 - the mundaneum, part ii
- May 21 2023
episode 107 - the mundaneum, part i
- May 07 2023
episode 106 - digital eyes
- Apr 16 2023
episode 105 - apple's growing pains
- Apr 02 2023
episode 104 - sketchpad
- Mar 19 2023
episode 103 - the text interface
- Mar 06 2023
episode 102 - application of ada
- Feb 20 2023
episode 101 - origins of ada
- Feb 06 2023
episode 100 - updates and mysteries
- Jan 23 2023
episode 99 - the berkeley software distribution
- Jan 09 2023
episode 98 - the canon cat
- Dec 26 2022
episode 97 - what exactly is a database? part ii
- Dec 13 2022
episode 96 - what exactly is a database? part i
- Nov 28 2022
episode 95 - aspen movie map
- Nov 14 2022
episode 94 - robots, and the end of humanity
- Oct 30 2022
episode 93 - fun and (horror) games
- Oct 16 2022
episode 92 - copy protection
- Oct 02 2022
episode 91 - whirlwind
- Sep 18 2022
episode 90 - where did the s100 bus go?
- Sep 04 2022
episode 89 - forth
- Aug 21 2022
episode 88 - beflix, early digital animation
- Aug 07 2022
episode 87 - the illiac suite
- Jul 24 2022
episode 86 - fluidic computing
- Jul 10 2022
episode 85 - visi on, the pc gui
- Jun 26 2022
episode 84 - visicalc, the killer app
- Jun 12 2022
episode 83 - seac
- May 29 2022
episode 82.5 - aaron reed interview, 50 years of text games
- May 22 2022
episode 82 - juggling jobs with os-9
- May 15 2022
episode 81 - a ballad in 2600 hertz
- May 01 2022
episode 80 - the analytical engine
- Apr 17 2022
episode 79 - zog: military strength hypertext
- Apr 03 2022
episode 78 - intercal and esoterica
- Mar 20 2022
episode 77 - magnetic memories
- Mar 07 2022
episode 76 - star trek the (unofficial) game
- Feb 22 2022
episode 75 - a cybernetic future
- Feb 07 2022
episode 74 - the elegance of lisp
- Jan 24 2022
episode 73 - ipl, ai, and linked lists
- Jan 10 2022
episode 72 - viatron topples ibm
- Dec 27 2021
episode 71 - 6502, the mini-microprocessor
- Dec 13 2021
episode 70 - the on-line system, part 2
- Nov 29 2021
episode 69 - the on-line system, part 1
- Nov 15 2021
episode 68 - zork
- Oct 31 2021
episode 67 - debug!
- Oct 17 2021
episode 66 - viruses and the pc
- Oct 03 2021
episode 65 - teletype, teleprint, and telegrams
- Sep 19 2021
episode 64 - gemini's tiny machine
- Sep 05 2021
episode 63 - what's with the wedge, part 2
- Aug 22 2021
episode 62 - what's with the wedge? part 1
- Aug 08 2021
episode 61 - fress and practical hypertext
- Jul 25 2021
bonus episode - q&a
- Jul 18 2021
episode 60 - cobol never dies
- Jul 11 2021
episode 59 - alohanet
- Jun 27 2021
episode 58 - mercury memories
- Jun 13 2021
episode 57 - simulated sumeria
- May 30 2021
episode 56 - tms9900, an alternate future
- May 16 2021
episode 55 - project xanadu
- May 02 2021
episode 54 - c level, part ii
- Apr 18 2021
episode 53 - c level, part i
- Apr 04 2021
episode 52 - the source
- Mar 21 2021
episode 51 - the ibm pc
- Mar 08 2021
episode 50 - 8086: the unexpected future
- Feb 22 2021
episode 49 - numeric control and digital westerns
- Feb 08 2021
episode 48 - electric ping-pong
- Jan 25 2021
episode 47.5 - lars brinkhoff interview, preserving its
- Jan 18 2021
episode 47 - its: open computing
- Jan 11 2021
episode 46 - hacker folklore
- Dec 28 2020
episode 45 - keeping things basic
- Dec 14 2020
episode 44 - eniac, part ii
- Nov 30 2020
episode 43 - eniac, part i
- Nov 16 2020
episode 42 - ibm gets personal
- Nov 02 2020
episode 41 - return of viruses: the spread
- Oct 18 2020
episode 40 - spam, email, and best intentions
- Oct 04 2020
episode 39 - learning along the oregon trail
- Sep 20 2020
episode 38 - jovial, the evolution of programming
- Sep 06 2020
episode 37 - the rise of dos
- Aug 23 2020
episode 36 - the rise of cp/m
- Aug 09 2020
episode 35 - analog computing and the automatic totalisator
- Jul 26 2020
episode 34 - 8080 vs z80
- Jul 12 2020
episode 33.5 - brad chase interview, marketing lead for windows 95 and much more
- Jul 05 2020
episode 33 - becoming portable
- Jun 28 2020
episode 32 - road to transistors, part ii
- Jun 14 2020
episode 31 - road to transistors: part i
- May 31 2020
episode 30 - coherent is not unix!
- May 17 2020
episode 29.5 - a guided tour of the macintosh
- May 10 2020
episode 29 - pcm, origins of digital audio
- May 03 2020
episode 28 - applesoft basic, microsoft and apple's first collaboration
- Apr 19 2020
episode 27 - vectrex, playing with vectors
- Apr 05 2020
episode 26 - memex and hyperlinks
- Mar 22 2020
episode 25 - making disks flexible, part 2
- Mar 08 2020
episode 24 - making disks flexible, part 1
- Feb 24 2020
episode 23 - fortran, compilers, and early programming
- Feb 10 2020
episode 22 - going rogue
- Jan 26 2020
episode 21 - 8008: intel's second shot
- Jan 13 2020
episode 20.5 - cooking in y2k
- Jan 06 2020
episode 20 - plato part 2: an online revolution
- Dec 30 2019
episode 19 - plato part 1: a revolution in teaching
- Dec 16 2019
episode 18 - evolution of the mouse
- Dec 02 2019
episode 17.5 - bill's problem with piracy
- Nov 25 2019
episode 17 - the bbc domesday project
- Nov 18 2019
episode 16 - 4004: the first microprocessor
- Nov 04 2019
episode 15 - lost in the colossal cave
- Oct 20 2019
episode 14 - creeping towards viruses
- Oct 06 2019
episode 13.5 - minitel research lab interview, with julien mailland and kevin driscoll
- Sep 29 2019
episode 13 - minitel, the french network connection
- Sep 22 2019
episode 12 - journey to altair
- Sep 08 2019
episode 11 - spacewar! (the game)
- Aug 25 2019
episode 10.5 - the jargon file
- Aug 18 2019
episode 10 - networking for a nuclear war, the americans
- Aug 11 2019
episode 9 - networking for a nuclear war, the soviets
- Jul 28 2019
episode 8 - acorn and the bbc
- Jul 14 2019
episode 7 - attack of the pc clones
- Jun 30 2019
episode 6.5 - edge-notched
- Jun 23 2019
episode 6 - digital voices
- Jun 16 2019
episode 5 - unix for the people, part 2
- Jun 02 2019
episode 4.5 - space travel!
- May 27 2019
episode 4 - unix for the people, part 1
- May 20 2019
episode 3 - mythic macintosh
- May 05 2019
episode 2 - the demo
- Apr 22 2019
episode 1 - folded spindled and mutilated
- Apr 09 2019