tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998468917789041187.post2604922655696032682..comments2010-08-14T05:41:48.885-07:00Comments on Data Archaea: Regressive ComputingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998468917789041187.post-712995640729993552008-03-02T10:17:00.000-08:002008-03-02T10:17:00.000-08:00i will c heck out this museum asap. i think i have...i will c heck out this museum asap. i think i have linked to their youtube channel on sidelinks.<BR/><BR/>sometimes i wish i could program, but like you i'd rather have somebody else do it for me.Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09957804473002928166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998468917789041187.post-78372213484868187592008-03-02T07:46:00.000-08:002008-03-02T07:46:00.000-08:00i want to retro compute with youi want to retro compute with youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998468917789041187.post-32177967617509321312008-02-29T21:29:00.000-08:002008-02-29T21:29:00.000-08:00my first computer was a trs-80, known as the trash...my first computer was a trs-80, known as the trash 80, but i didn't know that then. cassette storage. then the leap to an ibm that used floppies. i favoured the ones with the elephant on them. and used gw-basic to try and make little programs that would shuffle my writing. i would ask my brother to make a program, describing what i wanted it to do. (i'm always looking around for servants) <BR/><BR/>he would then proceed to make a program that did something unexpected and very cool and i would say: no, stop, that's good, i want it like that. and he would say: no, i can make it do what you wanted to do. and i would say: no, but this is what i want it to do. and so it went. <BR/><BR/>which is why he is a patent lawyer dealing mostly with genetic and medical weirdness patents and i am a lowly writer. the long story of our estrangement is extremely convoluted and amusing yet sad and intertwined with the history of computing. <BR/><BR/>for a good time go to the computer museum in boston. it's right next to the children's museum (which is also good) on the wharf which boasts a snackbar shaped like a huge bottle of milk. last time i looked.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10482331755576406022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998468917789041187.post-54856355271300209322008-02-28T12:06:00.000-08:002008-02-28T12:06:00.000-08:00Thanks dogg. I should've known a bit of Googlin' w...Thanks dogg. I should've known a bit of Googlin' would reveal that I am not breaking new ground here.Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09957804473002928166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998468917789041187.post-85886532071778881202008-02-26T20:29:00.000-08:002008-02-26T20:29:00.000-08:00http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrocomputinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RetrocomputingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com