From dial-up screeches and Y2K countdowns to flip phones taking over the world to today’s AI tsunami (disaster?) reshaping everything… I’ve been on every wave. But I keep coming back to retro tech.
Even when I was a child, I was fascinated by tech history, and I still am.
@_sgarbini They don't want real humans. I am completely convinced that this move is to get training data for Grok.
With your help, they're gonna make companions great again!
Look at this gorgeous piece of aerospace history! This dense, exposed wedge of circuitry is the Gemini Guidance Computer, built by IBM in the 1960s.
To be a little more specific, it was the onboard brain used for Project Gemini and flown on Gemini 8 on March 16, 1966. The mission was piloted by Neil Armstrong and Dave Scott.
Fun fact: the Gemini computer had just 4,096 words of ferrite core memory. By the Gemini 8 era, the software had been split into program modules that could be loaded from the Auxiliary Tape Memory during different mission phases, because the full flight program had outgrown the computer’s limited memory.
I will always have the deepest appreciation for these early hardware pioneers!
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@pairko49393@NavyStrang If I remember, it could run on a lot of machines but not necessarily that well. At least at first. I think a few years later, it would run more smoothly on some pretty cheap computers.
I remember running it on mine and mine was one doozie of a hand me down at the time
@techdog I read them so much when I was little. My dad had tons of family circus, Garfield, Tumbleweeds (and more) books. I would read them cover to cover...all of the time.
This big guy is the MIT CADR Lisp Machine. Designed in the late 1970s by the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab, it was a follow-on to the earlier CONS prototype and became the first successful Lisp machine.
As you probably guessed already, this machine was built for AI research and designed to run Lisp efficiently in hardware.
By 1978, upwards of 25 MIT CADR machines were reportedly produced, making it the first broadly produced Lisp machine.
That marvelous rack of wiring makes my brain pretty happy!
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Thank you so much. I've let it go for so long that I may need surgery. There's a couple other spinal issues going on with it, so its just...well it's a mess back there... :(
I try not to complain (in person or online) about anything, but I am in so much pain for much of my days now.
My first therapy appt went pretty well though, but today I am starting to really feel it. I hope it helps!
Early detection is important! I've been dealing with severe pain for 5 years or so and just now discovered that this is why.
My first therapy appointment is today.
June is Scoliosis Awareness Month!
Scoliosis affects millions worldwide, and early detection is key to effective treatment. Let's spread knowledge, support, and love to those with scoliosis. Together, we can make a difference!
This is - almost - right. This was a quartz promotional watch Apply offered in 1995 associated with the Macintosh System 7.5.
If you remove the Apple logo, it just looks like a Google product at that point. Kind of interesting! Read between those lines, where you will.
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