2026-04-22T17:23:33Z https://yabu.me Tom Lyon ✅ https://yabu.me/npub10zt32qqwl68pyz0wpzuv6anlv3qr80h795xc2fzzt8djukvedmksrcr7rs https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/109/237/993/817/448/016/original/486ab80fcc48093c.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/109/237/993/817/448/016/original/486ab80fcc48093c.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst60w8sm037p2y4cln8msmq70fvwpqfwxgdp5rnmha3l8kahgwhgqzypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw6n2wszx OTD 2009: #Oracle buys #SunMicrosystems. Sigh.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.oracle.com/corporate/pressrelease/oracle-buys-sun-042009.html">https://www.oracle.com/corporate/pressrelease/oracle-buys-sun-042009.html</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/437/315/290/890/810/original/f325f78c8f3dfd71.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-04-20T13:40:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswmuuqlqxw0xvhpr8sskcncev2vtnprlewajv6rhzkx4crmcq642gzypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw6ase2c2 OTD 1989: #SunMicrosystems announces the SPARCstation 1, aka Sun 4/60, aka &#34;Campus&#34;.<br/>Also first use of SBus.<br/><br/><a href="https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/sun-sparcstation-1">https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/sun-sparcstation-1</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/392/750/495/177/351/original/9e7800e9bf4d93e0.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/392/750/479/819/987/original/a8c6a492f5a12dbd.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-04-12T16:47:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9mqp6umq2da2w8j9t80jkknkxcf5mt8m4krw3y9pmctz8mjk4gyqzypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw63htu9j OTD 1972: The founding of Cray Research.<br/><br/><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cray">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cray</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/358/195/487/546/651/original/2609f097366175fd.png"> <br/> 2026-04-06T14:19:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswyp4a6sfgancfmq4zc6amlhm283p4p8ev5r698dhjzj0wjrp5h2czypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw6de5rv8 Today! 25th anniversary of MacOS X!<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/285/062/135/988/306/original/c47af6b61f18a9c7.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-03-24T16:20:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxhy5s7xjmnvpyny93xfm3gynwfxm5rewvj98wxrf2a7jkemaseqgzypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw6rna5d9 Fresh scan: &#34;The UNIX System - a Sun Microsystems Technical Report&#34; (1985)<br/><br/><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dW6l6cFAiqTKj3bmTulynKQuOHeHMx0u/view?usp=sharing">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dW6l6cFAiqTKj3bmTulynKQuOHeHMx0u/view?usp=sharing</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/218/876/637/531/370/original/321af84cb77aa3c6.png"> <br/> 2026-03-12T23:48:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd0pukldnzvezw4npe7wnsd4ypwv7jk9nzuvhj2spl8625eqjl9ygzypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw6r0xn8a OTD 1986 (40 years!): #SunMicrosystems goes public.<br/><br/>Scan of Red Herring with lots of facts and figures: <br/><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MXh04jhmrqIO8hbCs7pRxlEZ-ql59s7R/view?usp=sharing">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MXh04jhmrqIO8hbCs7pRxlEZ-ql59s7R/view?usp=sharing</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/171/596/046/671/644/original/1f3889d1d230e961.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-03-04T15:24:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswuscry7lusydztrjgj9354zfwpc6q2hhwp20nej64rhtftu7k09szypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw6dl2kt6 OTD 1975, Digital announces the #PDP-11/70.<br/>With up to 4 Megabytes(!) of memory.<br/><br/>Princeton&#39;s PDP-11/45 had 80K bytes of memory. Ran UNIX just fine.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/132/189/680/866/410/original/d7faf25c29bfd331.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-02-25T16:23:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqxa7m2ggjt4jj4hqm9m65rfszua8g69mtvunmh78g3ne08u6h0sszypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw6mmr7hn OTD 1982: The founding of #SunMicrosystems.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/126/722/213/351/305/original/c30cd5a2c832dd44.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-02-24T17:12:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv9925ttdm4rd847kp0amgjeflz5u08quwm3d3s0j0tn9kg5w0z5czypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw6ht74nu Before transistors, relays were widely used in telephony switches. They were much slower, but much more reliable than vacuum tubes.<br/><br/>This 1951 booklet, &#34;NO. 5 CROSSBAR&#34; from Bell Labs describes the bad-ass mainframe of relays. Lots of photos and diagrams.<br/><br/><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UBnLJIzYjpGu1401I6F3lDa9fWiXSBu5?usp=sharing">https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UBnLJIzYjpGu1401I6F3lDa9fWiXSBu5?usp=sharing</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/094/712/547/425/792/original/b61916ef66e9e210.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/094/712/545/405/827/original/39d81e538c731901.png"> <br/> 2026-02-19T01:32:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr0ht9y5ftur23j0qawx0gf9gasesjf4z6lfkng90mzu7jkclc0vszypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw6t7ysht Nice picture I&#39;ve not seen before from the Bell Labs UNIX room.<br/>Joe Condon and Ken Thompson talking about Belle, their chess machine. Dennis Ritchie all the way in the back. Not sure who is in the middle.<br/>Happy Birthday to Ken!<br/><br/><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_(chess_machine)">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_(chess_machine)</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/015/360/289/376/215/original/8acaaeac1f2f452b.jpg"> <br/> 2026-02-05T01:11:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszttsmpp8kqrtv55qac3xwqstfm6zterwpuqyxp6mctck8dqhcf7czypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw6u7f6pm OTD 1968: The Mother of All Demos, by Douglas Engelbart and William English.<br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJDv-zdhzMY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJDv-zdhzMY</a><br/><br/>I knew Bill English 20 years later when he was working for #SunMicrosystems. 2025-12-09T17:19:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrmzcl9ppm99uy09rrdjk6zlt9n70jtzzvt7rl37wuzjdgn9zugwqzypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw6rdykyp A history of computing at University of Michigan, 1940s-1975.<br/>Prof. Bruce Arden, who was to become my undergrad advisor at Princeton, contributed greatly.<br/><a href="https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/Knuth_Don_X4100/PDF_index/k-8-pdf/k-8-u2796-Computing-Michigan.pdf">https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/Knuth_Don_X4100/PDF_index/k-8-pdf/k-8-u2796-Computing-Michigan.pdf</a><br/><br/>Pictured: Bruce Arden and Bernie Galler with the UM IBM 704.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/663/483/311/651/957/original/557e3380065260c8.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-12-04T21:44:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9fh3z3p02zf2vjxmqf78j0lyf4tmwujhgpyvljny8ncqdtdfnzyczypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw6da33qs New, long, oral history of Ken Thompson, my and everyone&#39;s hero.<br/><br/>From the Computer History Museum: <a href="https://computerhistory.org/blog/a-computing-legend-speaks/">https://computerhistory.org/blog/a-computing-legend-speaks/</a><br/><br/>Click thru a while to get a text transcript. 2025-10-27T00:34:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd9ktpydzf9h4r8f8j2p0nys74q6gcxhyjm0kxd5ss5dw264ekcsczypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw6asd050 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0g9lg36hcqwnna755x5eha6frwlgg3zf4v5slkhz803t4a066xtsrkdvpq'>nevent1q…dvpq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>4 Wi-Fi APs, 3 security cameras, a home assistant node and a yolink base station (last 2 with poe-&gt;usb). And a standby Pixel phone. (usb-c to POE with data!). I hate wall-warts. 2025-09-30T21:26:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvjzx0k8tnl6kqe25zcmhp65xmsq9t4708syx6kaerjvv3xn3a7jgzypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw63xzw00 OTD 1980: Publication of the Digital/Intel/Xerox specification for &#34;The Ethernet&#34;, Version 1.0.<br/><br/>10Mbps then, 800Gbps now. I&#39;m running 2.5Gbps (with P.O.E.) throughout my house.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/294/171/909/762/593/original/3145beb72ff5f202.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-09-30T16:24:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstprspq2f5s3svufz8qrafx0pkgh8adxx6yevnwnz392tanfzeuwszypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw6np2872 Born this day 1941: Dennis Ritchie.<br/><br/>I was lucky to work directly with Dennis during my summer at Bell Labs.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/175/138/954/400/598/original/170221685c280d2d.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-09-09T15:52:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs29ujykr9ln5d87rchjjz4djg4h2nknfnu2fed7rxez3teuwtkk6czypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw6uvh3py OTD 1999: #SunMicrosystems announces the Sun Ray thin client. Great blog about its development: <a href="https://marcschneider.weebly.com/sun-ray.html">https://marcschneider.weebly.com/sun-ray.html</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/169/579/964/206/682/original/178f30ce9eb537c5.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-09-08T16:18:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr8r8v703cg95jhrnc36mv7m7g2ez4a2rmd9hrhwlzvv4p2vnn8vqzypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw6veqr53 Born this day, 1934: C. Gordon Bell, computer pioneer &amp; architect; founder of the Computer History Museum.<br/><br/>Pictured (left) with PDP-6.<br/><br/><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Bell">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Bell</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/056/545/006/458/950/original/40bacafacbeaea2c.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-08-19T17:12:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsraeggj3n5ldmh7nf7dvylhgplazmjwpydgzfhz2yjxt6s85kf4xqzypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw670n5wd Happy 75th, Steve Wozniak!<br/><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Wozniak">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Wozniak</a> 2025-08-11T23:25:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrafwk8770q7x7uv86el8uw9pmlrtv25u04jwvupu20cjgja4gdcgzypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw6qp42r3 TIL: Gomphocarpus physocarpus aka &#34;Hairy Balls&#34;<br/>#bloomscrolling<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/950/095/377/783/402/original/c92ee53441eaaa27.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-07-31T22:00:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0k73czp09z5dagfaa0879ty70qx69wpta6zvylql56lgau09096gzypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw6wlqduv My computer/technology history bookshelf.<br/>Rotated for your viewing pleasure.<br/><br/>Recommendations for additions?<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/610/862/396/003/535/original/03808bcc7c709ad7.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-06-02T00:09:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqe96rnzen7zct9n0zlew9y79m2rwlymtzkn6d3p930jrvkzgtdygzypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw6xeukvd Fresh scan: IBM System/360 Model 195 sales brochure (1969) :<br/><a href="https://www.1000bit.it/js/web/viewer.html?file=%2Fad%2Fbro%2Fibm%2Fibm%2D520%2D2206%2D1%5Fmodel195%5Fsales%5Fbrochure%5F196909%2Epdf#zoom=page-fit">https://www.1000bit.it/js/web/viewer.html?file=%2Fad%2Fbro%2Fibm%2Fibm%2D520%2D2206%2D1%5Fmodel195%5Fsales%5Fbrochure%5F196909%2Epdf#zoom=page-fit</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/548/295/280/255/414/original/d59580b8644bc5f3.png"> <br/> 2025-05-21T22:57:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszqqzuwat2586zu70aw7ypssszdmduyew2ykyx67fy3j5dg9vfuqqzypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw6eq4j9v OTD 1992: #SunMicrosystems announces the SPARCstation 10, the first Sun desktop multiprocessor.<br/>Brochure: <a href="https://www.1000bit.it/js/web/viewer.html?file=%2Fad%2Fbro%2Fsun%2Fsparcstation10%2Epdf">https://www.1000bit.it/js/web/viewer.html?file=%2Fad%2Fbro%2Fsun%2Fsparcstation10%2Epdf</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/535/400/627/149/732/original/181ad4631382d798.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-05-19T16:18:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0r6wg520kugdwuevhv77gmets34flvrvhmnuwhrhth4yxt800whszypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw6lkwcg5 OTD 1989: #SunMicrosystems announces the SPARCstation 1. Datasheet: <a href="https://www.1000bit.it/js/web/viewer.html?file=%2Fad%2Fbro%2Fsun%2Fsparc%2Fsparcstation1%2Epdf#zoom=page-fit">https://www.1000bit.it/js/web/viewer.html?file=%2Fad%2Fbro%2Fsun%2Fsparc%2Fsparcstation1%2Epdf#zoom=page-fit</a><br/><br/>Purple feet!<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/327/869/555/914/551/original/319c83e15145109f.png"> <br/> 2025-04-13T00:40:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxasg5jja9x4m62h9ht8kfmny5ae550gf09efa8h9ucdf0v2u3fygzypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw6ldcvl3 &#34;Enterprise&#34; storage?<br/><br/>(Control Data OEM catalog, 1975)<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/255/558/750/412/937/original/0c0aa355bf166427.png"> <br/> 2025-03-31T06:11:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsptuyl7sprj73nu5smnsj8xkdh3k35kjfk5265l325dzvywg8pxvqzypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw6kvkgfv I&#39;m celebrating my 50th year of using UNIX!<br/><br/>Sometime in spring of &#39;75, my friend Peter (sysadmin for the PDP-11/45) came around shouting &#34;UNIX is Here! UNIX is Here!&#34;<br/><br/>I asked &#34;What&#39;s a UNIX?&#34; and he showed me the 1974 CACM article about UNIX.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/185/282/376/149/976/original/d099ebefe1433c04.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-03-18T20:18:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst4k5twhpksdtv36kk4cjpyppemlyw2u90sucec2fj6a556yh89wqzypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw6j25knu OTD 1975: DEC announces the PDP-11/70.<br/><br/>A Beauty *and* A Beast.<br/><br/>(Picture is only the console - it was much larger)<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/066/057/210/144/481/original/6399550d66820fa3.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-02-25T18:58:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvx6ggept9365njueqvt04phkackx2d2amw0hed42pqg8uy206ulszypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw60vthm3 OTD 1978: Kernighan &amp; Ritchie&#39;s &#34;The C Programming Language&#34; is published. My most precious artifact is Draft #1 of the same.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/048/277/222/308/904/original/31ae037e267c7a64.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/048/277/260/725/872/original/e7c54fd1718cff25.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-02-22T15:36:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrrekdkv0c7e34wu6p9lmd0rz5efp9um8k07wxdpj5hkzgnlwz39czypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw6lqdvr8 &#34;Digital Equipment Corporation: Nineteen Fifty-Seven to the Present&#34; (1978) -- detailed product &amp; business recap.<br/><br/>I was about to scan my 1976 version but found this on bitsavers.<br/><a href="http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/_Books/DEC_1957_To_The_Present_1978.pdf">http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/_Books/DEC_1957_To_The_Present_1978.pdf</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/874/410/288/744/312/original/3f5f752789a065e7.png"> <br/> 2025-01-22T22:40:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgt8fs8jy4t7mswcxsfh3d45zeq20yfun7klavuhaw00un6n9r89szypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw63hm663 I am pleased to announce the availability of scans of a 1971 DRAFT version of Aho &amp; Ullman&#39;s &#34;Theory of Parsing, Translation, and Compiling&#34; (1972)<br/><br/>Enabled by the kind permission of the authors - Turing award winners Drs. Al Aho and Jeff Ullman, whom I&#39;ve been privileged to know... /<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/829/846/814/459/003/original/34c7490ee2a7cb57.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/829/846/826/194/281/original/1617021c53a80140.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-01-15T01:47:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg5djjvlx754r0jvu6852rxqzfqjandv632seygq4wm4u8r0fg3jszypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw6wlj8r6 &#34;*You* Can Program The Burroughs E101&#34; (1955): <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RNlHYeWGvc14edjdrGAgmTJV_nbkEZf8/view?usp=sharing">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RNlHYeWGvc14edjdrGAgmTJV_nbkEZf8/view?usp=sharing</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/738/580/640/469/903/original/fbfc652180a58cc3.png"> <br/> 2024-12-29T22:56:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyfjthrzwxk02l47ur5f8j3wggk3tf3cd95d90ecjsnlrmpe34d9gzypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw66rvvh8 Happy #DEC10! In this view of the Princeton University Computer Graphics Laboratory, the PDP-10 is on the right, and the LDS-1 on the left. The PDP-10 featured Dectapes, TTY terminals, 256K of 36-bits-per-word hand-wound memory and a paper tape reader. The laboratory was sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, under the direction of Professor Robert Langridge. [From Miami Jack on Flickr]<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/628/936/725/949/574/original/7fd8528095121504.jpg"> <br/> 2024-12-10T14:13:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvsv5jqc223a90h4g4gjutvkvxycalrf608gamswj59lm02qrz4jqzypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw6k5n434 OTD 1971: Intel announces the 4004: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_4004">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_4004</a> #ComputerHistory 2024-11-15T16:09:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv5jxgmf2up54jvefehfr37m74mhyfl2z5c3g9xsar9mkdlqswmlczypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw67c6lw6 OTD 1977: Digital Equipment Corporation announces the VAX-11/780. #ComputerHistory<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/368/288/443/042/036/original/00abed10b629cf43.jpg"> <br/> 2024-10-25T13:26:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0a8n7qa358derlq3rc07q3n8753wu7tjqmkr8dr08qmq7vnxmulczypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw6vayxla Happened upon Cray-1 Number 1 at the Bradbury Science Museum in Los Alamos. #CrayResearch<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/245/925/035/001/693/original/d4bc4f32cc1a08b0.jpg"> <br/> 2024-10-03T22:48:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9cn9glpm0z4ynnuemzek485qq5fr394znn90fac00h835ghn7tzqzypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw6hyxalr OTD 2000: #SunMicrosystems acquires Cobalt Networks for a cool 2 Billion dollars. Dot com craziness combined with strategic flip-flopping regarding Linux and x86 made this Sun&#39;s worst acquisition ever. I loved the Cobalt Qube for its simplicity and elegance - I have a thread on the bird site about hacking on them: <a href="https://x.com/aka_pugs/status/1434577007254261766">https://x.com/aka_pugs/status/1434577007254261766</a> <a href="https://money.cnn.com/2000/09/19/deals/sun/index.htm">https://money.cnn.com/2000/09/19/deals/sun/index.htm</a> #Suntember<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/164/593/465/128/424/original/b1cf1182d4e71862.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-09-19T14:05:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs97j3vj4pn27d44taq0v5e7n2dgesp8764l9az5dteuc25x5lzz9gzypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw6akteqn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf09ddsep2zjjrhhcwp20kca54kc43kyle00ahtfwdqc5w49h4c0s4929a6'>nevent1q…29a6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>FORTRAN did it first, but it comes straight from math notation for sums (big sigma) and products (big pi). Do people really not realize this? 2024-09-12T00:23:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy4pel36vj5y6443vl2vcxpvq54c3wwkw3fdp2j55nj36jut5v0zqzypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw6kwym0c OTD 1985: #SunMicrosystems announces the Sun-3 workstation family. True 32 bit computing based on Motorola MC68020. My personal favorite was the 3/160, and my home machine for many years. I wrote *so* many drivers for this machine. #Suntember<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/108/656/240/828/852/original/8c2667513d2d63cf.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-09-09T16:59:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0hg6xws2rg5484889426nhmhm7l9r9fgzl9ud2nk582jwu4xsexgzypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw6e20988 OTD 1999: #SunMicrosystems announces the Sun Ray 1. #Suntember <a href="http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9909/09/sunray.ent.idg/index.html">http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9909/09/sunray.ent.idg/index.html</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/102/446/449/323/868/original/c9c587051a2248ec.jpg"> <br/> 2024-09-08T14:39:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs87msg7cl76svw53q6fgu00gngmn34fl9walve0se4dr8nku5fjegzypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw67qzfah R.I.P., Les Earnest - computing pioneer and curmudgeonly trouble maker (in a good way) <a href="https://web.stanford.edu/~learnest/">https://web.stanford.edu/~learnest/</a> 2024-09-06T02:54:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs94y467zxgvfmam2an6pr6vxhspf9zmvktgqwh0fcvgmmx02k2mpgzypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw6amzewj 48 years ago yesterday.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/042/495/597/038/959/original/529bbebf5ad238a1.jpg"> <br/> 2024-08-29T00:33:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswf6evge5a8fc4a00gpeceln2e0uzpuzuq9lm6r702vsvy6gs9c6gzypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw6646m2x British police shows are always mentioning &#34;GBH&#34;. I saw one today.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/013/569/923/611/266/original/036e2fc3c4b5ab47.jpg"> <br/> 2024-08-23T21:58:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv60ds0r9d4gtxay0erehth3rvngyqqxngw4ghjrcduc9av998ltqzypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw63rfvwq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsweughpv8wynd094qdlzpyfkrk6tx79xvz9nm09qx0cxstwujlpngzsv0lf'>nevent1q…v0lf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Earlier this year, I had Brian autograph my copy of the K&amp;R book. (Draft v. 1, 1977)<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/991/218/725/703/362/original/17a5d8c381699430.jpg"> <br/> 2024-08-19T23:13:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsweughpv8wynd094qdlzpyfkrk6tx79xvz9nm09qx0cxstwujlpngzypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw6cxyt6u <a href="https://www.cs.princeton.edu/news/brian-kernighan-recognized-groundbreaking-work-computer-programming-languages">https://www.cs.princeton.edu/news/brian-kernighan-recognized-groundbreaking-work-computer-programming-languages</a> 2024-08-19T21:22:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfgp8229hnehuyf4whzytercspwzlwk3zz3xtpk5sevhctp2nmlnszypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw6t4wwqa OTD 1981: Silicon Graphics, Inc. is founded. 2 years later, the IRIS 1000 3D graphics terminal ships. #ComputerHistory<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/381/232/195/787/192/original/0e249c36afc35289.jpg"> <br/> 2023-11-09T15:12:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq57jy73pvntgge86qzkqsfyajztxsyw23df9yun0kl9mcl8d93mczypufw9gqpmlguysfacyt3ntk0ajyqva7lcksmpfygfvaktjen9hw6p8wn79 Annual #introduction #ComputerHistory <br/><br/>I&#39;m a retired (3rd time) techie with an incredibly lucky career and family.<br/><br/>I&#39;m most famous as being employee number 8 of #SunMicrosystems, and I got to work with the Bell Labs #UNIX team for a summer during the birth of V7 #UNIX. <br/><br/>My Silicon Valley career started with #Amdahl in 1978, followed by Sun for 12 years. I&#39;ve since founded 4 startups (see profile).<br/><br/>I toot about #ComputerHistory; I&#39;ve been there for much of it. 2022-11-23T01:28:24Z