Advent of Computing

It's time to continue our deep dive into the legacy of Intel's processors. This episode we will be looking at the 8008, ... Read more

Many people have never even heard of Unix, an operating system first released in the early 1970s. But that doesn't chang... Read more

Colossal Cave Adventure is one of the most influential video games of all time. Originally written for the DEC PDP-10 ma... Read more

Today we are going to be traveling back to the late 1970s to take a look at the early days of the home computer. And spe... Read more

In this mini-episode we look at a strange event in Microsoft's early history and their first case of piracy. Along the w... Read more

What are the origins of our modern day text-to-speech systems? In this episode we will dive into the rich history of ele... Read more

Now, as the name suggests this is the second part of a series on the history of UNIX. Part 1 mainly covers the backgroun... Read more

In this mini-episode we talk about Space Travel, an obscure video game from 1969.

In this episode we are going to explore the ARPANET. This is a companion to the last episode, which covered contemporary... Read more

Computer viruses today pose a very real threat. However, it turns out that their origins are actually very non-threateni... Read more

The Raspberry Pi had been a huge success at its stated goals, and continues to be. But, this isn't the first time a Brit... Read more

Today, I want to share with you the story of the first PC clones and how they cemented the rise of the x86 chipset. Mo... Read more

Today I am joined by Julien Mailland and Kevon Driscoll, co-authors of Minitel: Welcome to the Internet and proprietors ... Read more

In this mini-episode we look at the Jargon File, an early primary source about hacker culture. The most recent version o... Read more

Often times people assume the US is the homeland of the internet. Funded by the US Department of Defence, the first atte... Read more

Today we are dipping back into the deep and complex history of the proto-internet. We are going to be looking at Minitel... Read more

It really seems like in the last decade video games have gone from a somewhat niche hobby to a widespread part of our cu... Read more

Intel is one of the dominant forces in the computer industry today, they may be most well known for their line of microp... Read more

In this byte-sized episode we look at edge-notched cards. A punch card adjacent technology with a strange connection to ... Read more

In this mini episode we will look at the Y2K bug, and some of the recipes it spawned. That's right, we are talking about... Read more