Advent of Computing
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A podcast about the history of computing
https://adventofcomputing.com/
https://adventofcomputing.com/
Understanding your Fortune System (1982)
October 30, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Understanding your Fortune System (1982)
I've been getting deeper on a hardware project recently.
August 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I've been getting deeper on a hardware project recently.
Me and my recording buddy
August 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Me and my recording buddy
After struggling with a max232 I finally have my got my decmate to post! Now I just need to figure out what keystrokes it wants...
August 6, 2025 at 12:33 AM
After struggling with a max232 I finally have my got my decmate to post! Now I just need to figure out what keystrokes it wants...
Never don't stop
July 31, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Never don't stop
Gas station with the best view in town
July 31, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Gas station with the best view in town
Mountain view, here I come! This is now a road trip thread
July 31, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Mountain view, here I come! This is now a road trip thread
My back lives. I really hope someone wants a dual processor PA-RISC server!
July 31, 2025 at 12:18 AM
My back lives. I really hope someone wants a dual processor PA-RISC server!
Loading up some stuff to sell at consignment at VCF West this weekend. I think I may break my back on this server.
July 30, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Loading up some stuff to sell at consignment at VCF West this weekend. I think I may break my back on this server.
Pictured: me doing web development as hard as I can
July 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Pictured: me doing web development as hard as I can
Found in Creative Computing.
June 17, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Found in Creative Computing.
New episode out on Patreon, going to drop on the feed today. We're taking S1, a truly wild operating system that _did_ exist!
May 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
New episode out on Patreon, going to drop on the feed today. We're taking S1, a truly wild operating system that _did_ exist!
This is a real ad that was placed in 1985 for the S1 operating system.
May 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
This is a real ad that was placed in 1985 for the S1 operating system.
OMG! I actually have tape loading! The UI is a little borked... but this is the 9boot 1st stage loading the p104 second stage boot loader!
April 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM
OMG! I actually have tape loading! The UI is a little borked... but this is the 9boot 1st stage loading the p104 second stage boot loader!
Current project state: painful. I'm trying to run an example program from the LGP-30's programmer manual. This is what a subroutine call looks like. It a self modification order, an unconditional jump to 0600, and then a HALT with a breakpoint for debugging. My emulator happily runs that...
April 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Current project state: painful. I'm trying to run an example program from the LGP-30's programmer manual. This is what a subroutine call looks like. It a self modification order, an unconditional jump to 0600, and then a HALT with a breakpoint for debugging. My emulator happily runs that...
It's getting better and better. I'm implementing the last few op codes, and I have a build pipeline setup to keep the web app at lgp30.org updated.
April 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
It's getting better and better. I'm implementing the last few op codes, and I have a build pipeline setup to keep the web app at lgp30.org updated.
And it's running! Simple loop right now, but that's LGP-30 code executing in browser!
April 2, 2025 at 12:58 AM
And it's running! Simple loop right now, but that's LGP-30 code executing in browser!
UI has everything it needs. Getting the flexo emulation working, and slowly figuring out how tape files are formatted.
March 27, 2025 at 3:57 AM
UI has everything it needs. Getting the flexo emulation working, and slowly figuring out how tape files are formatted.
There we go. Implemented everything but input, division, and multiplication. Now I need to clean up my gross code and make a UI.
March 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
There we go. Implemented everything but input, division, and multiplication. Now I need to clean up my gross code and make a UI.
I mean, it _looked_ pretty.
March 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I mean, it _looked_ pretty.
Ok. New project: web LGP-30 emulator. Yes, I am entering another weird rut. No, it probably won't have a nice front end.
March 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Ok. New project: web LGP-30 emulator. Yes, I am entering another weird rut. No, it probably won't have a nice front end.
I have a new overhead scanner! I can digitize again!
March 18, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I have a new overhead scanner! I can digitize again!
