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Source: Anything Goes | CommitStrip
Via: 1998 called, it wants its code back :D
–jeroen
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1998 called, it want its code back – Anything Goes – CommitStrip
Posted by jpluimers on 2017/07/28
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6502 CPU replacement board: more on how to repair 6502 systems.
Posted by jpluimers on 2017/07/17
I love the idea of a 6502 CPU replacement board: more on how to repair 6502 systems.
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APOD: 2016 January 25 – Where Your Elements Came From
Posted by jpluimers on 2017/07/07
Explanation: The hydrogen in your body, present in every molecule of water, came from the Big Bang. There are no other appreciable sources of hydrogen in the universe. The carbon in your body was made by nuclear fusion in the interior of stars, as was the oxygen. Much of the iron in your body was made during supernovas of stars that occurred long ago and far away. The gold in your jewelry was likely made from neutron stars during collisions that may have been visible as short-duration gamma-ray bursts. Elements like phosphorus and copper are present in our bodies in only small amounts but are essential to the functioning of all known life. The featured periodic table is color coded to indicate humanity‘s best guess as to the nuclear origin of all known elements. The sites of nuclear creation of some elements, such as copper, are not really well known and are continuing topics of observational and computational research.
Source: APOD: 2016 January 25 – Where Your Elements Came From
Image rendered from File:Nucleosynthesis periodic table.svg – Wikimedia Commons
–jeroen
via: Where Your Elements Came From Image Credit: Cmglee (Own work) CC BY-SA 3.0 or…
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David Hill – of ThinkPad design fame – is going beyond “Black Paint” – via: Rewiring | Lenovo
Posted by jpluimers on 2017/06/29
David Hill – of ThinkPad design fame – is going beyond “Black Paint”. It means he will be far less involved with [WayBack] ThinkPad: Industrial design, more with other design and – very important – his loved ones.
Today I’m announcing my “rewiring”. I want to broaden my view and create the opportunity to do more in the field of design.
–jeroen
Via Petr Vones.
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The Cryptowars, twenty years ago – The Isoblog.
Posted by jpluimers on 2017/06/27
Interesting read with lots of references: [WayBack] The Cryptowars, twenty years ago – The Isoblog.
My TL;DR:
- the current cryptowar is very similar to 20 years ago
- back then it was won by the people
- current outcome is unclear (but the rules of math cannot be changed)
- Laws/Rules/Postulates:
- John Gilmore
- »The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.«
- Shoshana Zuboff
- »Everything that can be automated will be automated.«
- »Everything that can be informated will be informated.«
- »Every digital application that can be used for surveillance and control will be used for surveillance and control.«
- John Gilmore
- Kristian:
- »20 years later, the Cryptowar is still a thing. It will never be over.«
–jeroen
via: [WayBack] So as a society, we are having the same conversation for 20 years now, and we won’t really make progress here because of Zuboff’s law. – Kristian Köhntopp – Google+
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Recent bitsaver entries on Z80 assembly, CPM and concurrent Pascal
Posted by jpluimers on 2017/06/26
- http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/osborne/books/Z80_Assembly_Language_Subroutines_1983.pdf
- http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/digitalResearch/cpm/CPM_Assembly_Language_Programming_1983.pdf
- http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/osborne/books/CPM_Assembly_Language_Programming_1983.pdf
- http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/calTech/concurrentPascal/Concurrent_Pascal_Introduction_Jul75.pdf
- http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/calTech/concurrentPascal/Concurrent_Pascal_Machine_Oct75.pdf
- http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/calTech/concurrentPascal/Concurrent_Pascal_Report_Jun75.pdf
- http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/calTech/concurrentPascal/Sequential_Pascal_Report_Jul75.pdf
–jeroen
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Parable of the Polygons – a playable post on the shape of society
Posted by jpluimers on 2017/06/15
A diverse community pays off but also needs investment from everyone. Small steps…
A playable post on how harmless choices can make a harmful world.
Source: Parable of the Polygons – a playable post on the shape of society
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What the DEC?!? Records of Minicomputer Giant Digital Equipment Corporation Open for Research at CHM | Computer History Museum
Posted by jpluimers on 2017/06/14
The records represent the largest and most complete set of DEC records in existence, dating from 1947 through 2002, with the bulk from the company’s years of operation from 1957 through 1998, when they were bought by Compaq Computer. The collection is a comprehensive technical history of every major computing innovation at DEC, as well as its nontraditional business culture, which still serves as an industry model—nearly every contemporary company strives for a “culture of innovation.” The processing of the collection presents an extraordinary opportunity to study DEC’s product lines and business practices in depth as was never before possible. Very few companies as influential as DEC have as long a history, and the breadth and depth of this collection makes it unique in its comprehensiveness.
Source: [WayBack] What the DEC?!? Records of Minicomputer Giant Digital Equipment Corporation Open for Research at CHM | Computer History Museum
via: [WayBack] Alan Cox – Google+
I could spend months in this archive (:
The PDP-11 and VAX-11/750 were the machines I first learned about DECNET, EARN and BITNET.
–jeroen
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One year ago: I’m writer and free software author Pieter Hintjens and I’m dying of cancer, ask me anything! : IAmA
Posted by jpluimers on 2017/05/10
The end of April and early May are busy times for my marching band Adest Musica. The period includes important days like King’s Day and Liberation Day filled with festivities.
Right before Liberation Day is a much more sober Remembrance of the Dead.
To prepare for that, I usually try to put some time aside to do some reflection on the people I’ve lost over the years.
This year, I took a deep breath and read back through the, now 1 year old, [WayBack] I’m writer and free software author Pieter Hintjens and I’m dying of cancer, ask me anything! : IAmA.
It’s till impressive and well worth reading, both because of the person (Pieter Hintjens), his life and what he went through until his planned death.
Even though Pieter and I only know each other electronically for a short time, I’m still proud of what I learned from him.
The marching band calendar this spring: https://teamup.com/ks7a793f73fc4d5e89?date=2017-04-22&view=l
–jeroen
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The SSH Port 22 story
Posted by jpluimers on 2017/04/28
The story isn’t a catch-22, but it is still fun to read:
SSH port is 22. The history of how I (Tatu Ylonen) got it. How to configure it through firewalls and iptables.
It also shows how agile the Internet was back then.
Source: [Archive.is] SSH Port
Via: [WayBack] “The SSH (Secure Shell) port is 22. It is not a co-incidence. This is a story I (Tatu Ylonen) haven’t told before.” https://www.ssh.com/ssh/port – This is why I Code – Google+
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