From Core Memory to the Internet: The Amazing History of the PDP-11

From Dave’s Garage. Dave takes you on a journey from core memory to PDP-11 that hosts its own Internet homepage, along with a history of DEC itself. For my book on the spectrum, see: https://amzn.to/3XLJ8kY Dave’s Attic – Friday 4PM Podcast – https://www.youtube.com/@UCtb6a_CnmGbSns9G8W2Ny0w Follow me for updates! Twitter: @davepl1968 davepl1968 Facebook: fb.com/davepl Thanks to Curious…

Rare Private Tour of Seattle’s long-closed Living Computer Museum

From Dave’s Garage. Dave takes you behind the scenes at the long-closed Living Computer Museum for a private tour of this impressive collection of vintage computers. For my book on the spectrum, see: https://amzn.to/3XLJ8kY Follow me for updates! Twitter: @davepl1968 davepl1968 Facebook: fb.com/davepl Christies Auction: https://tinyurl.com/yc5mnnx4 Sample items from the collection: Apple-1 Personal Computer (1976)…

Solving the Primes to ONE TRILLION on the desktop! Plus PDP-11 vs Threadripper tested!

From Dave’s Garage. A custom prime sieve seeks the numbers up to one trillion before it is used to compare the performance of the legendary PDP-11 to the Threadripper. For my book on the spectrum, see: https://amzn.to/3XLJ8kY Follow me for updates! Twitter: @davepl1968 davepl1968 Facebook: fb.com/davepl Primes Project: https://github.com/PlummersSoftwareLLC/Primes Sieve Code: https://github.com/davepl/MACRO-11/tree/main

Raspberry Pi Drag Racing – Vs All Comers! P3, Pi4, Pi5, Nano, BBB, M2, 7995WX and more!

From Dave’s Garage. How much faster is a Pi5 than a Pi3? What about vs a Threadripper? Find out in today’s showdown! For my book on the spectrum, see: https://amzn.to/3XLJ8kY Pi3: https://amzn.to/3A2QG9e Pi4: https://amzn.to/3YvFiNA Pi5: https://amzn.to/4dp8Sby Nano: https://amzn.to/4fqAA9D [No longer supported] BBB: https://amzn.to/4d592oU Follow me for updates! Twitter: @davepl1968 davepl1968 Facebook: fb.com/davepl Primes Language Racing:…

I Worked on the Windows Start Menu!

From Dave’s Garage. UPDATE: This only shipped in the NTSUR release, as far as I can now tell. I’ve confirmed with team members that I’m not crazy, I did write and we did ship the code I describe in this episode, but it was ultimately replaced circa NT4 with bitmaps! So they wound up doing…