Category Archives: nostalgia

Cheap KIM-1 clone

Posted on July 26, 2021 by blogmywiki

I’ve written before about how the KIM-1 (my brother’s) was the first computer I ever used, and how the very first programming I did as a child was 6502 assembler rather than BASIC. This led to me to make little … Continue reading →

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The Tower of Babel

Posted on July 24, 2021 by blogmywiki

Back in the 1990s, the BBC World Service had a newsroom computer system called EDiT. This was the World Service version of a system called BASYS which had a bit of an interesting past. It was widely used in TV … Continue reading →

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10 most influential computers and programs

Posted on August 4, 2019 by blogmywiki

This tweet got me thinking… A work in progress: inspired by my recent trips to @tnmoc @sciencemuseum and #Apollo50th, I've decided to list 10 amazing tales that demonstrate remarkable achievements in the history of Computing. Have I omitted any obvious … Continue reading →

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Nim and the Sinclair Cambridge Programmable calculator

Posted on September 10, 2018 by blogmywiki

The game of Nim comes in many forms, but the idea is same: players take turns to remove objects from a pile and the player left taking the last object loses. Or wins. You can play it so you win … Continue reading →

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Original Macintosh Finder font

Posted on April 17, 2017 by blogmywiki

I am a bit obsessed with Susan Kare’s original 1984 Macintosh bitmap fonts and design and made my own Truetype version of her great Chicago font using BitFontMaker. I then got intrigued by the font used on the labels of … Continue reading →

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