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By: Reminiscing, Part 6 « Tekkie

Reminiscing, Part 6 « Tekkie — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:44:20 +0000

[...] realize that some things have been missing. If you compare what I’ve been talking about with the work of Engelbart and Kay, from the 1960s and 70s, I think you’ll see that not much progress has been made since then. [...]

By: Reminiscing, Part 1 « Tekkie

Reminiscing, Part 1 « Tekkie — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 07:21:06 +0000

[...] I did some searching online and found some videos demonstrating technology from these days of yore. I’m only covering the computers that I used extensively from 1981 to 1996. Feel free to compare these computers to what Engelbart and Kay helped create in the 1960s and ’70s. [...]

By: "Triumph of the Nerds" « Tekkie

"Triumph of the Nerds" « Tekkie — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 12:34:19 +0000

[...] computer history, because it covers only part of that history. The history I talk about here is barely discussed in our [...]

By: Lisberger gives an interview « Tekkie

Lisberger gives an interview « Tekkie — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:02:37 +0000

[...] I discovered an article yesterday that fills in some more details on the movie connection between Alan Kay and Tron. The article is in commemoration of Kay being inducted into the CRN [...]

By: Commercial PC history, Part 1 « Tekkie

Commercial PC history, Part 1 « Tekkie — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:00:17 +0000

[...] of commercial computing are aware of is just a portion of the total. The history I talk about here is barely talked about in our industry. A couple months back I found the complete “Triumph of [...]

By: Found History » Tekkie’s Great Moments in Tech History

Found History » Tekkie’s Great Moments in Tech History — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:08:19 +0000

[...] and software.” Apparently the software developer also loves the history of technology. In Great Moments in Modern Computer History, Tekkie gives us his take on the best demos, announcements, and breakthroughs in the history of [...]

By: IndianGeek » links for 2006-10-11

IndianGeek » links for 2006-10-11 — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:44:43 +0000

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By: Great Moments in Modern Computer History | OnSmalltalk: A Squeak, Smalltalk, Seaside, Web Development Blog

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 00:19:51 +0000

[...] Here’s a post from a guy who’s collected quite a bit of nice historical information into one giant blog entry he calls Great Moments in Modern Computer History. It includes some interesting video, and a link to the mother of all demos, something I was very impressed by the first time I saw it a few years ago. [...]

By: links for 2006-10-13 « greencrab capsules

links for 2006-10-13 « greencrab capsules — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 04:22:02 +0000

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By: Jecel Assumpcao Jr

Jecel Assumpcao Jr — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 19:10:44 +0000

Great post! One slight correction I would make is that the Macintosh started out as a graphical computer. Since Steve Jobs kept trying to kill it, Jef Raskin suggested that he visit his old buddies at Xerox PARC in the hope that he would “get it” and leave Macintosh alone.

I have a list of Smalltalk related online movies at http://www.smalltalk.org.br/movies/ and the movie “Squeakers” (not available online, unfortunately) includes some old footage showing the cardboard Dynabook model next to a HP35 calculator.

There is a lot of information about the $100 Laptop on their site (http://laptop.org/), specially in their wiki.