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Watson Jr. memo about CDC 6600 (1963)

Hacker News Top ↗ · 2026-10-03 Cached

1963 年 IBM 总裁小沃森的内部备忘录(又称"保洁员备忘录")质问 IBM 如何将"行业领导地位"输给了一个"仅 34 人、包括保洁员"的公司——控制数据公司(CDC),凸显了 CDC 6600 对 IBM 主机霸主地位的冲击。

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Galaxy Game

Hacker News Top ↗ · 2026-09-29 Cached

The Interim Computer Museum is restoring the Galaxy Game, the first coin-operated video game from 1971 based on the Spacewar! program, to preserve its historical significance in computing and gaming.

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Alan Kay's answer to “Did the ENIAC have a BIOS”?

Hacker News Top ↗ · 2026-09-27

Alan Kay provides an answer to whether the ENIAC, an early computer, included a BIOS system.

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Pick OS is a Living Fossil of Computer History

Lobsters Hottest ↗ · 2026-09-24 Cached

This article is a personal retrospective on the Pick Operating System, a historical computer system that integrates OS and database features, discussing its origins, technical aspects, and the author's early career experience with it.

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RAM: the forgotten history (2024)

Hacker News Top ↗ · 2026-09-22 Cached

This article explores the underappreciated history of RAM, starting from early electronic memory forms like relays in computers such as Konrad Zuse's Z3, highlighting how RAM constraints significantly impacted personal computing evolution.

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@ryanlpeterman: My goal was to record a conversation completely free of "AI doomer" takes as a timeline cleanser. For this episode, I i…

X AI KOLs Timeline ↗ · 2026-09-14 Cached

Ryan Peterman interviews Casey Muratori about computer history, software engineering, and programming practices in a podcast episode focused on balanced tech discussion.

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The Esdac Film (1951, 1976)

Lobsters Hottest ↗ · 2026-09-13 Cached

This film is a documentary produced for the first joint computer conference in 1951, showcasing the workflow of the EDSAC computer. It is widely regarded as the first film to document the operation of a stored-program computer.

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The Interim Computer Museum

Hacker News Top ↗ · 2026-09-13 Cached

The Interim Computer Museum is a non-profit charity that preserves and shares computing history through interactive exhibits with vintage hardware and modern enhancements, partnering with SDF for community events and artifact preservation.

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A Computer History Time Capsule

Hacker News Top ↗ · 2026-09-01 Cached

The Internet Archive blog highlights a curated collection of 50 Atari computer club newsletters from August 1987, offering a preserved time capsule of the regional home computing scene from nearly 40 years ago.

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The Computer Museum of America reclamation project

Hacker News Top ↗ · 2026-08-31 Cached

The article describes efforts to index and preserve the Computer Museum of America collection stored at San Diego State University, highlighting its significance as a repository of computer revolution artifacts.

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@reach_vb: Reset incoming tomorrow @ 14 PT!! We’re fixing a few inefficiencies in computer history usage, images in long sessions …

X AI KOLs Timeline ↗ · 2026-08-23 Cached

Announcement of upcoming fixes for inefficiencies in computer history usage, image handling in long sessions, and session title generation for the Codex service, with apologies for inconveniences.

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@reach_vb: incredible use of computer history “based on my computer history, what single-use software would make my life easier?” …

X AI KOLs Timeline ↗ · 2026-08-20 Cached

The tweet highlights a use of computer history to track user activity across apps and websites, allowing AI like Codex to identify repeated workflows and build small tools for improved personal efficiency.

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ChatGPT’s Computer History tracks your clicks and keystrokes

The Verge ↗ · 2026-08-16 Cached

ChatGPT's desktop app on macOS introduces Computer History, a feature that tracks user actions like clicks and keystrokes to build a timeline for suggesting automations and referencing past activities, with opt-in privacy controls and no image capture.

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@Saccc_c: Codex updated with a new feature 'computer history'. Once enabled, it automatically records all your computer operations, including web browsing and in-app interactions. A very practical new trick: periodically have Codex summarize your computer operations and distill recurring workflows into skills. Tip: This feature requires the latest...

X AI KOLs Following ↗ · 2026-08-14 Cached

Codex has launched a new feature 'computer history' that automatically records computer operations and periodically summarizes them, helping users distill recurring workflows into skills.

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@kentcdodds: If it's learning from everything I do on my computer then I'm afraid it's going to spend way too much time on 𝕏.com th…

X AI KOLs Timeline ↗ · 2026-08-13 Cached

OpenAI is releasing Computer History for ChatGPT, letting it learn from a user's computer activity to understand workflows and suggest automations. Kent C. Dodds jokingly worries it will learn from his time on X.

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@OpenAI: Computer History builds on the Chronicle research preview with reduced token usage and more privacy controls. A new tim…

X AI KOLs Timeline ↗ · 2026-08-13 Cached

OpenAI has released an updated Computer History feature in ChatGPT, replacing the Chronicle research preview with reduced token usage, enhanced privacy controls, and a new timeline view to help users track and utilize their activity across apps and websites for productivity and skill building.

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@OpenAI: ChatGPT can now remember your activity across the apps and websites on your computer. With Computer History in the desk…

X AI KOLs ↗ · 2026-08-13 Cached

OpenAI announces that ChatGPT can now remember user activity across apps and websites via Computer History in the desktop app, enabling more personalized interactions with less explanation.

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@AjaiChowdhry: We quit our jobs. There were six of us — Shiv Nadar, Arjun Malhotra, Yogesh Vaidya, Subhash Arora, D.S. Puri and me. It…

X AI KOLs Following ↗ · 2026-08-11 Cached

Ajai Chowdhry, co-founder of HCL, recounts the company's 1976 beginnings: six founders, a tiny seed fund, and selling a computer before it existed, leading to the birth of HCL and its 50-year journey.

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Back to the Future of Handwriting Recognition (2016)

Hacker News Top ↗ · 2026-08-10 Cached

An interactive essay revisiting RAND Corporation's 1966 GRAIL handwriting recognition system, explaining Gabriel Groner's real-time handprinted text recognition algorithm with interactive implementations and open-source code.

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History of John Backus's functional programming project [draft]

Hacker News Top ↗ · 2026-07-24 Cached

A draft historical preservation of John Backus's functional programming languages, including context and materials from his research project.

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