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Archive for December 23rd, 2025

“Mozart or Bach?” – YouTube: The very first polyphonic music on a computer – Peter Samson programmed it on a PDP-1

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/12/23

Such a cool piece of computer history: [Wayback/Archive] “Mozart or Bach?” – YouTube

Full article: [Wayback/Archive] Programming in Harmony – CHM

--jeroen

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Micro Men – 720p (2009) – YouTube

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/12/23

Interesting dramatised video about Clive Sinclair, Chris Curry, early Acorn Computer days and more early home computer days: [Wayback/Archive] Micro Men – 720p (2009) – YouTube originally for the UK market at [Wayback/Archive] BBC Four – Micro Men.

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Gamifying Security – Security Boulevard

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/12/23

Interesting thought: [Wayback/Archive] Gamifying Security – Security Boulevard

Via [Wayback/Archive] CircuitSwan on Twitter: “…”.

–jeroen

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