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Advent of Computing

Advent of Computing

By: Sean Haas
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 Welcome to Advent of Computing, the show that talks about the shocking, intriguing, and all too often relevant history of computing. A lot of little things we take for granted today have rich stories behind their creation, in each episode we will learn how older tech has lead to our modern world.Sean Haas 2019 World
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  • Episode 164 - LGP-30 LIVE! from VCF West

    Episode 164 - LGP-30 LIVE! from VCF West
    Sep 7 2025

    Last weekend I had the chance to talk about the LGP-30 and my emulation project at VCF West in Mountain View, CA. The showrunners will be posting a full video later, but that takes a while to go live. In the meantime, here's the audio I siphoned off the sound board and my slide deck.

    View my slides here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E9-B3EzxudFWX0yJMevbbIkD2qRbBKWi/view?usp=sharing

    View the emulator at: https://lgp30.org
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    52 mins
  • Episode 163 - Ever Heard of the PDP-11?

    Episode 163 - Ever Heard of the PDP-11?
    Aug 24 2025

    The DEC PDP-11 is one of the most influential minicomputers of all time. Some would even call it the most influential computer of all time. But where exactly did it come from? How was it designed? This episode is the start of a 3 part series that will look at how the PDP-11 was created, adapted to changes, and the strange places it ended up.
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    58 mins
  • Episode 162 - CSIRAC, Australia's First Computer

    Episode 162 - CSIRAC, Australia's First Computer
    Aug 10 2025

    In 1949 CSIRAC sprung to life in a lab in Sydney, Australia. It was a very early stored program computer. All machines of the era were unique. But CSIRAC, well, it was very unique indeed.

    Selected Sources:

    https://cis.unimelb.edu.au/about/csirac/music/reconstruction - The Music of CSIRAC

    https://sci-hub.se/10.1109/MAHC.1984.10014 - Pearcy and Beard on CSIRAC
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    1 hr and 1 min
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