2026-07-26T22:44:57Z https://nostr.ae bitsavers https://nostr.ae/npub1zyzet9u78fl2gsfpsxgl7pf2dw90ssn5x9ldkkl6d3w6cja5qkwqd7tpl5 https://assets.oldbytes.space/assets.oldbytes.space/accounts/avatars/109/293/282/240/291/699/original/050f6ce9b2fa1c6d.jpg https://assets.oldbytes.space/assets.oldbytes.space/accounts/avatars/109/293/282/240/291/699/original/050f6ce9b2fa1c6d.jpg https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg9gzyk7j8m54wphmdn8ga2mtmmfcmg3cld2wvfspvvsk86dpt7agzyqgst9vhnca8afzpyxqerlc99f4c47zzwschak6mlfk9mtztkszec42wuru In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf3geuq7kseggm829e666wljtl4ac6kxejdycgkufl4mhcn7t4ydc5l8yss'>nevent1q…8yss</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>as someone who has spent decades attempting to find original historical source code, I find the concept of &#34;re-creating historical source code via a slop engine&#34; offensive and soul-crushing.<br/><br/><a href="https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/using-claude-to-re-create-extinct-software-matlab-from-the-1980s.1258246/">https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/using-claude-to-re-create-extinct-software-matlab-from-the-1980s.1258246/</a> 2026-07-29T15:08:18Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfwpgrfhr0td48mnkzv57zc037uu355y3dkea3jz94zx5q7m73juszyqgst9vhnca8afzpyxqerlc99f4c47zzwschak6mlfk9mtztkszecvwse4v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstkegcv7nca94fvth4zy0sulfxhjxlulnv4z5nfphmc8x2jkcmfxqtnwkls'>nevent1q…wkls</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;Here’s the thing: from where I live, the world has drifted away. We aren’t precarious, we’re unnecessary. The money has gone to the top. The wages have gone to the top. The recovery has gone to the top.&#34; 2026-06-21T14:35:29Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxakex0g2ttmsgex68tpn0term3ggt5zsswy0nj2g4f8ezsmrt2hczyqgst9vhnca8afzpyxqerlc99f4c47zzwschak6mlfk9mtztkszecgfhrjh &#34;LLMs are wood chippers being fed the tree of knowledge. All you get out of it is mulch&#34;<br/>-- Me 2026-06-14T17:09:23Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrgjk2f9g24lggvuve4257e49frp929d04tdp0mlvze4j3vrfcdxqzyqgst9vhnca8afzpyxqerlc99f4c47zzwschak6mlfk9mtztkszeclz9jzx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz90ukvq0r8znvfsjven2ma4shc3dw6uud47xmu3l69net0gamhrs6c5kt7'>nevent1q…5kt7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My infamous Steve Jobs story.<br/>In a Town Hall meeting, he berated a person for taking notes, telling them notes were unnecessary and they should focus their attention on Him 2026-06-13T15:25:36Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstkjejxaujgg38jn3umfdazg5tvjprcvcu3teypq9yc8947rxcx6qzyqgst9vhnca8afzpyxqerlc99f4c47zzwschak6mlfk9mtztkszec8aa6np In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8wxtflszyn0m5r2hwgrtymw8knw38rg9ywxn6s6rg5p4v9gvzhkcdsz8kw'>nevent1q…z8kw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>But the line goes UP as it goes to the right. Isn&#39;t that &#34;good&#34;? 2026-06-07T17:31:26Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq37e6lu648nq3n72dju8dj75pu69xzu3uer7zeuhnu5lglw59t0gzyqgst9vhnca8afzpyxqerlc99f4c47zzwschak6mlfk9mtztkszec0cs5em In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs97xer8hjn6m2t45p7xekyys7wwshsd4ykae2a4lcvstjh9f697xq8jeaxl'>nevent1q…eaxl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>No Starch Press should get someone to write an electronics book called<br/><br/>&#34;Don&#39;t Do This&#34;<br/><br/>and then explain why for each thing 2026-06-06T21:59:38Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs97xer8hjn6m2t45p7xekyys7wwshsd4ykae2a4lcvstjh9f697xqzyqgst9vhnca8afzpyxqerlc99f4c47zzwschak6mlfk9mtztkszecsf2yck I just posted &#34;don&#39;t clean electronic boards with piezoelectric resonators or oscilators in an ultrasonic cleaner&#34;<br/>and someone replied &#34;it works for me&#34;<br/><br/>fuck hobbyists 2026-06-06T21:39:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9cl2ngmn895zmswv7s2wxh265k4kffzd79xj8qw4gas732hteawgzyqgst9vhnca8afzpyxqerlc99f4c47zzwschak6mlfk9mtztkszecawu4vl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspk9wyzvynferz0e8xudxd9fmfql0437epkwm284le0vsd43em08scatw0x'>nevent1q…tw0x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That is one of TWO 7030s that CHM has.<br/>The one from BYU is just empty cabinets<br/><br/>The second is from LLNL and it has everything except the core memory (which went at auction to Oregon State) and the console typewriter, which someone outbid on at the auction. They wouldn&#39;t give it up when asked. They intended to use it as a typewriter :eyeroll:<br/><br/>donated by Lowell Wood acc no. X2462.2002<br/><br/>Another fun fact is there are no pictures of the console in IBM documents because the Selectric hadn&#39;t been annouced yet! 2026-04-17T01:09:47Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrn8rengr2j4e8phvvulkluuyrtggg783zkz4ajve8pqxq57z07aszyqgst9vhnca8afzpyxqerlc99f4c47zzwschak6mlfk9mtztkszecc6edgd Jerbs wuz here<br/> <img src="https://assets.oldbytes.space/assets.oldbytes.space/media_attachments/files/116/193/854/066/492/015/original/8080f842823104a2.jpg"> <br/> 2026-03-08T13:47:08Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstt6tkk2cujdvf5h4ha6lcyrftypa7navytm0ywcy2q83ctyxhf8czyqgst9vhnca8afzpyxqerlc99f4c47zzwschak6mlfk9mtztkszecay2lkj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs885h4wadpre9ajg9qjstgcfw8wyl2yda2c567sh28f8kjd2hgkmqm254s9'>nevent1q…54s9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Bringing Up Baby 2026-01-22T02:53:53Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstrrdcfhu38f7l4tdw4jmcukxax2gfkq0473v9e3shcddyp3xr2fczyqgst9vhnca8afzpyxqerlc99f4c47zzwschak6mlfk9mtztkszecruj4kf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyxpt465ytn9t8nnljpfppzrpx4vylnmm9qxty6n49qdp9897xjkcznjuvq'>nevent1q…juvq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t want anything living in my bowser 2025-12-31T21:06:39Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf52nvzdhe8v7xweqyjp9d9mmzgwmg6c9cm4n7ueagjn69apq3qygzyqgst9vhnca8afzpyxqerlc99f4c47zzwschak6mlfk9mtztkszech90kpn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9m6ur0xfdukedgdyj4l6hd630ckl3hjqp3ka4sutp90vx2n9lu4slpcfmt'>nevent1q…cfmt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Video of the disk image running on a real PDP-11/45<br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh-9rBYmGow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh-9rBYmGow</a> 2025-12-24T09:32:50Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9m6ur0xfdukedgdyj4l6hd630ckl3hjqp3ka4sutp90vx2n9lu4szyqgst9vhnca8afzpyxqerlc99f4c47zzwschak6mlfk9mtztkszecsugqp2 The Unix V4 tape read was successful<br/><a href="https://discuss.systems/@ricci/115747843169814700">https://discuss.systems/@ricci/115747843169814700</a><br/><br/>#bitsavers<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note12sl4lff6l9pnchn9c8muewshlfya8d4hh30l6mxwuteh06dx0znqye95nz" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note12sl…95nz</a></span><br/> </div> The attempt to read the UNIX V4 tape is underway!<br/> <img src="https://fd.discuss.systems/media_attachments/files/115/747/821/015/238/947/original/a6785d7a0091b6bd.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://fd.discuss.systems/media_attachments/files/115/747/826/558/755/303/original/89cb1152d8c3fa6a.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://fd.discuss.systems/media_attachments/files/115/747/828/004/578/624/original/2c3e51b380f12675.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://fd.discuss.systems/media_attachments/files/115/747/842/561/786/727/original/4ca46b699f1e673c.jpg"> <br/> </blockquote> 2025-12-20T00:09:48Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdqsgzdtdq630z2zej9c6krfn08evzdr2c443wws2ft7xgjulgnrczyqgst9vhnca8afzpyxqerlc99f4c47zzwschak6mlfk9mtztkszecha9twa &#34;Friendly reminder to keep magnetic disks away from laptop lids!&#34;<br/><br/>#bitsavers<br/> <img src="https://assets.oldbytes.space/assets.oldbytes.space/media_attachments/files/115/684/940/863/462/718/original/8d19f76224bcb129.png"> <br/> 2025-12-08T16:43:46Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswhzk058s3xuqddy5vhvklw6kv7j3566qy5qejuvv3ecvuhmgf0lqzyqgst9vhnca8afzpyxqerlc99f4c47zzwschak6mlfk9mtztkszect8pcgx Today&#39;s exercise in &#34;no fun&#34;.<br/>Someone noticed the pages of this pdf were out of order. This brought back a bad memory that, in fact, this rather expensive used tome was bound incorrectly, and I forgot to fix it when I made the pdf.<br/>Several hours later after renaming every page to correct his, and create an easy to search version, it is up for your enjoyment.<br/><br/>Unix_System_V_Release_4_System_Calls_and_Library_Functions_for_Motorola_Processors_1993<br/><br/>I am baffled why anyone would want to lump some of the sections of the Unix Programmers Manual into one mongo alphabetized one, but there you are.<br/><br/><a href="http://bitsavers.org/pdf/att/unix/System_V_Release_4_Motorola/0-13-035841-X_Unix_System_V_Release_4_System_Calls_and_Library_Functions_for_Motorola_Processors_1993.pdf">http://bitsavers.org/pdf/att/unix/System_V_Release_4_Motorola/0-13-035841-X_Unix_System_V_Release_4_System_Calls_and_Library_Functions_for_Motorola_Processors_1993.pdf</a><br/><br/>warning... it is a 48 megabyte file.<br/><br/>#bitsavers 2025-12-05T01:38:03Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz2zchyskf66fjxtcyf0u78n4j49c2awexpczk23squeth46m38hczyqgst9vhnca8afzpyxqerlc99f4c47zzwschak6mlfk9mtztkszec65nw2s Colossal blunder on my part this afternoon.<br/>Pulled the drives from an areca raid array and<br/>forgot what order they have to go back in<br/>so now the array isn&#39;t recognized and RESCUE doesn&#39;t see it.<br/>Has anyone documented the magic parameter sectors that describe this anywhere? 2025-11-27T08:28:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr68gc69qnke38sex8m3e8yeml4qsydxvmvvyvytcnec9eht60vnqzyqgst9vhnca8afzpyxqerlc99f4c47zzwschak6mlfk9mtztkszeckvm8ss <img src="https://assets.oldbytes.space/assets.oldbytes.space/media_attachments/files/115/604/445/219/908/432/original/ca16913ac5c3c1da.jpg"> <br/> 2025-11-24T11:30:52Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq2xr7gvc46uukpkdzwyzt08ltsf0ad49mlm9rf0awamrc6qja7qszyqgst9vhnca8afzpyxqerlc99f4c47zzwschak6mlfk9mtztkszec2xak8h tell me again why Cloudflare isn&#39;t considered a MITM?<br/> <img src="https://assets.oldbytes.space/assets.oldbytes.space/media_attachments/files/115/570/873/460/912/115/original/5c7cb76c1fc8c654.png"> <br/> 2025-11-18T13:13:33Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqsrssc0pejk46j84h7tkqv8mvwzl8cp4xdz9efexrr6s5ljssdzszyqgst9vhnca8afzpyxqerlc99f4c47zzwschak6mlfk9mtztkszech08n7s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy70uxrmv0grkwdtg4h4fe788lr0pv6s7f0syctfwd075h347c72st2agel'>nevent1q…agel</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sweep seconds hands run from an AC motor were great until the power company stopped regulating line frequency.<br/><br/>I keep hoping someone will make a self-setting clock mechanism with a sweep seconds hand 2025-08-26T19:16:32Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdnrrpeygjz38rgqqw4tst3d2kx6h8ql32a8cnfshvd4gq6rwp26szyqgst9vhnca8afzpyxqerlc99f4c47zzwschak6mlfk9mtztkszecw0nehe Refreshing to hear of a boss not being a lemming<br/><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/aws_ceo_entry_level_jobs_opinion/">https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/aws_ceo_entry_level_jobs_opinion/</a> 2025-08-24T17:36:41Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd4sz38gj9cmmmc3a099k9ttnw924uw400f7f5c64m2n9gsuhh7mgzyqgst9vhnca8afzpyxqerlc99f4c47zzwschak6mlfk9mtztkszeclmq2ee Put this next to your G4 Cube Kleenex dispenser<br/><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/187386715254">https://www.ebay.com/itm/187386715254</a><br/> <img src="https://assets.oldbytes.space/assets.oldbytes.space/media_attachments/files/114/794/850/690/190/784/original/dd01970ad0018b18.jpg"> <br/> 2025-07-04T12:00:26Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0t2dmlnjsv02s30d6lcpqagsu7ddy9qh68ltltqmlw544u0vkymczyqgst9vhnca8afzpyxqerlc99f4c47zzwschak6mlfk9mtztkszecr2ymvz From Bill Atkinson&#39;s Facebook via the Call-A.P.P.L.E. discord: <br/><br/>Dear Friends and Family,<br/>We regret to write that our beloved husband, father, and stepfather Bill Atkinson passed away on the night of Thursday, June 5th, 2025, due to pancreatic cancer. He was at home in Portola Valley in his bed, surrounded by family. We will miss him greatly, and he will be missed by many of you, too. He was a remarkable person, and the world will be forever different because he lived in it. He was fascinated by consciousness, and as he has passed on to a different level of consciousness, we wish him a journey as meaningful as the one it has been to have him in our lives. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, stepson, stepdaughter, two brothers, four sisters, and dog, Poppy. 2025-06-07T17:43:49Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0axupn9nm79a5zvn2kvyj084g36h9u6ffxvprwfhx2kakzpznczszyqgst9vhnca8afzpyxqerlc99f4c47zzwschak6mlfk9mtztkszecgazdka A pleasant surprise in a book on Bendix G-15 programming that I scanned today<br/><a href="https://genius.com/Tom-lehrer-lobachevsky-lyrics">https://genius.com/Tom-lehrer-lobachevsky-lyrics</a><br/> <img src="https://assets.oldbytes.space/assets.oldbytes.space/media_attachments/files/114/128/378/522/775/082/original/956b92f8733dcbb3.jpg"> <br/> 2025-03-08T19:02:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0dl3633xlsa7dpvfw2f8cy6f0590sv67323y332gaj36u3vhrq0czyqgst9vhnca8afzpyxqerlc99f4c47zzwschak6mlfk9mtztkszec7h656s I post-processed a bunch of Univac 1050 software documents that were in the scanning queue.<br/><a href="http://bitsavers.org/pdf/univac/1050">http://bitsavers.org/pdf/univac/1050</a><br/>In the 00s, someone on eBay was selling 7 track diagnostic source tapes from the basement of a Univac factory for the 1050 which Paul Pierce read for me. I haven&#39;t looked at the images in 20 years but it&#39;s probably time to see if I can print out the data.<br/>As far as I know, this is the only 1050 code that survives.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1zyzet9u78fl2gsfpsxgl7pf2dw90ssn5x9ldkkl6d3w6cja5qkwqd7tpl5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bitsavers</span> (<span class="italic">npub1zyz…tpl5</span>)</a></span> 2025-02-24T16:57:26Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvdtxd9cg825uhmt8wehx3hvy3zprrew3lrnljync2c3nzazn230czyqgst9vhnca8afzpyxqerlc99f4c47zzwschak6mlfk9mtztkszecfzqxps In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2ex0wfe7kpn8lgd403xd6lkulzpdgu3fuwwyhcqkkpdwk3dfp50qr4d8cy'>nevent1q…d8cy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the most common interchange format, the one all the users group disks used, was sssd 8&#34; 26 128 byte FM encoding on 77 tracks 2025-02-05T05:53:02Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswstkpdtqved5575cxzgkkdvlzcrdfelrvdutnsc7z7x2rfmmgg4gzyqgst9vhnca8afzpyxqerlc99f4c47zzwschak6mlfk9mtztkszec2lcee9 January 2025 is the 20th anniversary of my quitting Apple (Oct86-Jan05) and next year will be the 20th anniversary of me being software curator at the Computer History Museum.<br/><br/>Choosing which of the two was less stressful and having an impact on the world is easy.<br/><br/>#AppleLore #bitsavers 2025-01-19T17:13:19Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfn9pyltd9p9c70efarpvufnvyvdgjjwq4lhs5xnx4n2xvmehw5qszyqgst9vhnca8afzpyxqerlc99f4c47zzwschak6mlfk9mtztkszec28ql98 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2weqcjvs3zuq97v8gu9555ae4j4fxtum0rpmdr9a6xq834ryrs0c8rl3xz'>nevent1q…l3xz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Were there people who used Geoworks Ensemble?<br/>Other than the source finally getting released I&#39;ve heard nothing much about it. I guess I travel in different circles. 2024-12-06T16:05:14Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8cjzmhzlrz28hwrdcy4ug7nhg4xxjqhg7qk28lc8zezzfgerzq7gzyqgst9vhnca8afzpyxqerlc99f4c47zzwschak6mlfk9mtztkszecwvw9vx A collection of Charles Babbage Institute newsletters from the 80s and 90s<br/>I couldn&#39;t find scans on line at the CBI website.<br/>Lots of interesting information on how they came to be and what their collecting strategy was.<br/><a href="https://bitsavers.org/pdf/charlesBabbageInstitute/newsletters">https://bitsavers.org/pdf/charlesBabbageInstitute/newsletters</a><br/><br/>#bitsavers 2024-11-29T16:19:54Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxq2vx2c9tse866q88r72jnj2zg87d33p8jamv4lkkx0uf7tq05vczyqgst9vhnca8afzpyxqerlc99f4c47zzwschak6mlfk9mtztkszecftydwd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgr34val34rujycgsv0ry0g4eqpt82sg3zr7n82cvffqp53jqwh7g0wnshc'>nevent1q…nshc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>or one diagram 2024-11-14T11:45:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvggpp8kewehq7295qf2ph3g0e086wgdn04aalfzf50ve0xfz254gzyqgst9vhnca8afzpyxqerlc99f4c47zzwschak6mlfk9mtztkszecmn2qj4 Somehow, I don&#39;t think that 2024&#39;s richest man in the world, who also is an immigrant, would ever think of using his money to create something like this.<br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/2013/08/01/207272849/how-andrew-carnegie-turned-his-fortune-into-a-library-legacy">https://www.npr.org/2013/08/01/207272849/how-andrew-carnegie-turned-his-fortune-into-a-library-legacy</a> 2024-10-20T19:03:22Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszqsqmdje3mar7pgn2j24lzlatdpsrtwqs2rwjgsw955re8z6r3yqzyqgst9vhnca8afzpyxqerlc99f4c47zzwschak6mlfk9mtztkszec6c6evx after looking for a copy for thirty years, the APDA LocalTalk PC driver reference is on bitsavers<br/><a href="http://bitsavers.org/pdf/apple/networking/localtalk/LocalTalk_PC/APDA_M7055_LocalTalk_PC_Card_and_Driver_Preliminary_Notes_198708.pdf">http://bitsavers.org/pdf/apple/networking/localtalk/LocalTalk_PC/APDA_M7055_LocalTalk_PC_Card_and_Driver_Preliminary_Notes_198708.pdf</a><br/><br/>#AppleLore #bitsavers 2024-09-23T19:21:02Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvusjcwec0xd3sw0un8pwl0z0g7vpsnd6td6axtx63n8l2k4wqlnqzyqgst9vhnca8afzpyxqerlc99f4c47zzwschak6mlfk9mtztkszec68tce2 Here is an IC mystery<br/>When did TI make plastic TTL with the logo<br/>embossed into the divot?<br/>It seems VERY unlikely they were making epoxy bodied ICs in 1965<br/> <img src="https://assets.oldbytes.space/assets.oldbytes.space/media_attachments/files/113/176/521/499/810/359/original/54196403ff3acf6b.png"> <br/> 2024-09-21T16:39:28Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrldvkjyg9e7lgpt4wgf02xgrjshgaufhsxdq9a0kqx88k4rfeccgzyqgst9vhnca8afzpyxqerlc99f4c47zzwschak6mlfk9mtztkszecga0axm I have a couple of Corvus Concept 68000 machines booting for the first time in 30+ years.<br/>Starting to pull out all of the source files for the system I&#39;ve collected over the decades<br/><a href="http://bitsavers.org/bits/Corvus/Concept/Floppies_5inch/SOURCES">http://bitsavers.org/bits/Corvus/Concept/Floppies_5inch/SOURCES</a><br/><br/>I&#39;m hoping I can get someone interested in making the Concept driver work in MAME. I&#39;d really like to get a local hard disk emulator working now that its able to boot again.<br/> <img src="https://assets.oldbytes.space/assets.oldbytes.space/media_attachments/files/113/075/627/686/127/861/original/1cc02b36aba4cf78.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-09-03T21:00:39Z