RCR Episode 253: Prebricked drives

Retro Computing Roundtable

English - April 18, 2022 03:27 - 2 hours - 118 MB - ★★★★★ - 76 ratings
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Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, Michael Mulhern, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Prebricked drives Episode 253 relates to 1953. Core memory begins its long dominance of the RAM space, the IBM 701 is introduced. A year that was kind of between things, so as one might expect the conversation keeps sliding into a discussion of … Continue reading RCR Episode 253: Prebricked drives →

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, Michael Mulhern, and Carrington Vanston

Topic: Prebricked drives

Episode 253 relates to 1953. Core memory begins its long dominance of the RAM space, the IBM 701 is introduced. A year that was kind of between things, so as one might expect the conversation keeps sliding into a discussion of beverages.

Topic/Feedback links:

Magnetic core memory
Advent of Computing, episode 77
The Thinking Machine (1961)
IBM 701
Williams tube
Jeffries tube
Exploring the Amiga series, assembly language programming
Brief tour of the PDP-11
Top 20 C64 games from 2011-2021
Commodore 64 turns 40