Exploding The Phone @ExplodeThePhone
The untold story of phone phreaks: the teenagers and outlaws who hacked Ma Bell. explodingthephone.com Oakland, CA Joined October 2012-
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@tommithetechie I have fond (?) Memories of using one of these attached to a VAX 11/750 at NASA Ames in 1985. We called it the “GDPOS tape drive.” I’ll let you figure out what that stands for.
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This is a Mark-8 minicomputer, a 1974 do-it-yourself microcomputer design built around the Intel 8008. It is often remembered as one of the earliest microprocessor-based computers aimed at hobbyists, published as a build-it-yourself project in Radio-Electronics magazine. Fun fact: machines like this were wonderfully hands-on, and the front panel used physical switches and indicator lights instead of anything we’d think of as a modern user interface today. Just looking at that row of switches makes me appreciate how much early personal computing expected from its users. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark-8 #RetroTech #VintageComputing #ComputerHistory
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i’m teaching a computer science class this quarter, and one of my students is blind. i’ve been in complete awe of what they’re capable of, especially because so much of how i learned concepts like linked lists, trees, and graphs was deeply tied to visuals. their code is excellent, and every conversation with them about assignments and data structures reminds me how many different ways there are to learn, think, and create, and how important accessible teaching and learning content is.
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