Stephen Wolfram, A New Kind of Sciencehttp://bactra.org/reviews/wolfram/
and powerful desktop computers, which let people simulate and visualize CAs. There was a school of thought --- obscure, but surprisingly widely known --- which, following the phys
History of Computing Science: The PC Explosionhttp://lecture.eingang.org/pcexp.html
explosion of personal computers occurred, starting with Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak exhibiting the first Apple II at the First West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco. The App
Part of a multipage presentation on the history of computers. This page talks about the explosion of home computers.
Bookshttp://www.flaxcottage.com/Misc/default.asp
Covers all Acorn RISCOS computers from A300 to A5000 and A4. Educational Software Catalogue 1991 A catalogue of educational software that was available in 199
The unix programming environmenthttp://www.talisman.org/unix/burgess-guide.html
well on large scale computers (with many processors) and small computers which fit in your suitcase! All of the basic mechanisms required of a multi-user operating system are pres
A provably strong password you can remember | Clarionhttp://www.cambridgeclarion.org/pw.html
Goliath of modern super computers. The story, with its doubling on each square, is also apt for the modern age of digital computers that work with “bits” or binary digits. If you
The Early History Of Smalltalkhttps://worrydream.com/EarlyHistoryOfSmalltalk/
interactive time-shared computers, graphics screens and pointing devices. Advanced computer languages were invented to simulate complex systems such as oil refineries and semi-int
The Gopher Manifestohttp://27.org/gopher-manifesto/
news:alt.folklore.computers (knowledgebase) news:soc.culture.internet (history) news:soc.culture.usenet (talk) news:alt.internet.provider (demand support at isp level) news:soc.cu
Books about TeX, typography and friends - TeX Users Grouphttps://tug.org/books/
Computers and Typesetting by Donald E. Knuth. The 2021 Jubilee Printings of Computers & Typesetting. Now, 35 years after the first edition, the leading worldwide experts on these
Clifford A. Pickover's Home Pagehttps://www.pickover.com/
Press 1990-1999 1990. Computers, Pattern, Chaos, and Beauty . SMP. 1991. Computers and the Imagination . SMP. 1992. Mazes for the Mind . SMP. 1994. Chaos in Wonderland . SMP. 1995
Clifford A. Pickover Page on Creativity and the Mind
Apollo Archivehttps://jim.rees.org/apollo-archive/
Apollo Page Retrocomputers Apollo Collection Typewritten Software - Retrotechnology Research Laboratory These sites were up at one time but were down last time I checked. Apollo D
Index of /unifonthttp://czyborra.com/unifont/
and burdened British computers with silly German letters. What do you mean by distributed effort? Unicode is obviously too big and tiring for one or two persons to design a whole
"I Contribute to the Windows Kernel. We Are Slower Than Other Operating Systems. Here Is Why."http://blog.zorinaq.com/i-contribute-to-the-windows-kernel-we-are-slower-than-other-oper/
about by technology and computers will benefit the business exclusively, with none of their benefits being shared with the employee. If productivity doubles, profit doubles, workl
I was explaining on Hacker News why Windows fell behind Linux in terms of operating system kernel performance and innovation. And out of nowhere an anonymous...
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