RCR Episode 252: UNIVAC liked Ike

Retro Computing Roundtable

English - April 15, 2022 19:47 - 1 hour - 105 MB - ★★★★★ - 76 ratings
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Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, and Carrington Vanston Topic: UNIVAC liked Ike Episode 252 relates to 1952. The year when UNIVAC correctly called the election early and nobody believed it. The year the paper introducing the Huffman code compression algorithm was published. And the 50th anniversary of all the things that happened in 1902. … Continue reading RCR Episode 252: UNIVAC liked Ike →

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, and Carrington Vanston

Topic: UNIVAC liked Ike

Episode 252 relates to 1952. The year when UNIVAC correctly called the election early and nobody believed it. The year the paper introducing the Huffman code compression algorithm was published. And the 50th anniversary of all the things that happened in 1902.

Topic/Feedback links:

UNIVAC predicts the 1952 election
CBS news election coverage, 1952
A method for the constructions of minimum-redundancy codes (Sep 1952, Proceedings of the I.R.E.)
The Huffman algorithm, and family
Stuffit end of life announcement
Mac Folklore Radio, Raymond Lau (Stuffit) interviews
RetroMagazine World, issue 13 (EN)
David Ahl’s magazine auctions, some signed
The Capacitor Plague
The Lost Sectors, playthrough of Deathlord