Tamiko Thiel: "People told me they would sneak into the computer room after hours and the Connection Machine would just be sitting there, blinking mysteriously like an electronic brain."

Don't miss host Lawrence Peryer's fascinating conversation with Tamiko Thiel on the latest episode of the Spotlight On podcast: https://www.spotlightonpodcast.com/tamiko-thiel-sculpting-the-electronic-brain-the-connection-machine/

In this clip from the new episode of Spotlight On, Tamiko Thiel shares the inspiration behind the product design of the Connection Machine. As a response to science fiction imagery, the design aimed to inspire rather than intimidate.

Check out the entire fascinating conversation on the Spotlight On podcast: https://www.spotlightonpodcast.com/tamiko-thiel-sculpting-the-electronic-brain-the-connection-machine/

#WomenInComputing #ComputerHistory

Interesting thread (originally on X) about women inventing computer programming on ENIAC

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1909626044845621299.html

Nachdem wir im Januar '24 ja schon den Sourcecode von #Gemini (dem echten, nicht dem Google-Rotz) veröffentlichen konnten gibt's jetzt auch noch den von Gemini2, den @jreschke von der Platte seines alten TTs retten konnte.

https://github.com/gereons/Gemini2

Enjoy!

#atariST #RetroComputing #VintageComputing #ComputerHistory #Atari

/cc @icing @3rz

Along with @tubetime 's thread this morning, here are some other pictures from #EFM aka #electronicsFleaMarket

Not as good as last month, but a couple of finds.

Be sure to check out my pixelfed post for other pictures

#siliconValley #SillyValley #sanfrancisco #sanfran #sanfranciscocomputers #sanfrancomputers #sanfranciscovintagecomputers #sanfranvintagecomputers #sanfranciscovintagehardware #sanfranvintagecomputers
#vintagecomputing #vintagecomputint #vintagecomputer #vintagecomputers #vintagecomputalk
#vintagehardware #computerHistory #retro #VCF #vintageComputerFestival
#retrocomputing #retroComputers #WallOfRetro #retroTech #retroTechnology
#nerdsOfVintage #happyNerding
#computer #tech #computerHardware #laptop #laptops
#IBM #thinkpad #thinkpads #VintageThinkPad #X86 #WindowsVista #IBMhardware #lenovoHardware #Thinkpadnium #apple #macintosh #marchintosh

Hey there, fellow retro-tech nerds! The @mediaarchaeologylab has posted its open call for practitioners-in-residence in the lab for the next season, which begins in September. Submit your proposal by May 15!

Please boost for reach.

https://mediaarchaeologylab.ghost.io/practitioner-in-residence-open-call/

The theme for the 2025/2026 residency is Counter Computing: Alternative Imaginaries.

Lab director Lori Emerson describes it this way: "We are interested in any form of artistic and/or scholarly practice that engages counter-computational practices, such as glitching, hacking, tinkering, queering, subverting, (un)making and (re)imagining. Through such experimentation, we encourage you to explore how our relation to (and imagination of) technology can be remade to envision alternative pasts, presents and futures."

The lab is asking interested parties to submit a proposal for an up-to-4-week residency that includes full access to the lab and its resources, and logistical support. Residents are expected to produce a public lecture, demo, video, performance, or exhibition as part of the residency. Examples of previous technical reports can be seen at https://mediaarchaeologylab.com/projects

Get to it, my peeps! We'll see you in the lab starting in the fall.

Ok, I spent yesterday afternoon trying to get #RAID configured on my #lenovo #ThinkPad #P70 - to no success.

I found this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyCC1NGe8a8&t=36s of the similar #p50 and configuring #RAID which shows the #BIOS interface but my P70's only show the "non-raid physical discs" I do not have an option for RAID volumes. Note I have upgraded the BIOS to the most recent version on lenovo's web site. Any thoughts?

I have attached 2 #screenshots of what the BIOS displays - I'm trying to configure the RAID on the two 512GB #NVMe sticks.

#siliconValley #SillyValley #sanfrancisco #sanfran #sanfranciscocomputers #sanfrancomputers #sanfranciscovintagecomputers #sanfranvintagecomputers #sanfranciscovintagehardware #sanfranvin-tagehardware
#vintagecomputing #vintagecomputint #vintagecomputer #vintagecomputers #vintagecomputalk
#vintagehardware #computerHistory #retro #VCF #vintageComputerFestival
#retrocomputing #retroComputers #WallOfRetro #retroTech #retroTechnology
#nerdsOfVintage #happyNerding
#computer #tech #computerHardware #laptop #laptops
#IBM #thinkpad #thinkpads #VintageThinkPad #X86 #WindowsVista #IBMhardware #lenovoHard-ware #Thinkpadnium
#upcycle #restore #TechnologyRepair #ThinkPadRepair #WasteNotWantNot #Thinkpadnium
#makeShitMonday #showmewhatyougot

A great new article by Jeffrey Starr, Investigating MacPaint's Source Code: https://ztoz.blog/posts/macpaint-source-code/

The Alwac / Wegematic Computer Factory in Tyresö

https://aardvarchaeology.wordpress.com/2025/04/05/the-alwac-wegematic-computer-factory-in-tyreso/

Does anyone happen to have a copy of:

Floyd, Michael. A Conversation with Charles F. Goldfarb. Web Techniques (Vol.3, Issue 11), pp.38–41, November, 1998

It used to be online, but has now disappeared, and the Internet Archive doesn’t have it either. I’d like to check a quote that I copied back then.

Eliza Bot Running and ready for your retro psycological problems
Toot me a Hello to start
#RetoComputing #Eliza #ComputerHistory

Playing the Swedish game "Dubbelmoral" on a #Macintosh. #retrogaming #computerhistory

From Unix: A History and a Memoir by Brian Kernighan.