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The Computer History Museum released an oral history interview with Ken Thompson, over four hours of video.

https://computerhistory.org/blog/a-computing-legend-speaks

#unix #retrocomputing

@thelastpsion I've been on Oldbytes for just a few months but I share your appreciation. Thanks @dashie

@khinsen Thanks for the explanation.

@davetenny

@dwardoric Thanks, glad you like it.

@rc2014 Thanks to you for making it possible in the first place.

@interlisp @Wintermute_BBS

@Wintermute_BBS Thanks, your little Z80 box isn't skipping a beat.

@interlisp @rc2014

With @interlisp Medley Interlisp I'm BBSing like it's 1985. The center window is a terminal emulator with a Telnet session connected to the RC-BOX BBS by @Wintermute_BBS running on a @rc2014 Z80 system. The shell with Telnet as well as Medley Interlisp run on Linux.

#interlisp #retrocomputing #bbs

@thelastpsion Passkeys are a potential source of Big Tech lock in.

@tokuto Welcome, glad to have you here.

@davetenny Thanks. So Quicklisp and Ultralisp can be installed together, right?

I know Ultralisp is a Quicklisp distribution but there are a couple of things I don't understand. Does Ultralisp coexist with or replace Quicklisp (in other words, can I install both or only one)? Does Ultralisp provide a subset or superset of the packages in Quicklisp's archive?

https://ultralisp.org

#CommonLisp #lisp #ultralisp

@tomjennings Is Raspberry Pi next?

@nina_kali_nina

@jackdaniel These are the prompts I like.

@MuseumJoe I'd like to talk with the unsung heroes who wrote the manuals of or books on the pioneering software and computers of the 1970s-1990s.

This curious 1980 book was published in the golden era of bedroom programming and explored many ways of doing business with home computers, from writing software and documentation to consulting and other services. In those simpler times little equipment and investments were needed to get started.

https://openlibrary.org/works/OL6569385W/Home_computers_can_make_you_rich?edition=ia%3Ahomecomputerscan0000weis

#retrocomputing

Andrew Lloyd rediscovers the ruins of the early web.

People didn't necessarily care about appealing to big online followings or going viral. They made things for the sake of it.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250731-a-journey-into-the-heart-of-the-forgotten-internet

#web #retrocomputing

@ebm Welcome from another Lisper, glad to have you here.

Herman, the creator of Bear Blog, noticed that links for downloading pirated copies of his JustSketchMe app were all over Google's search results. So he turned the tables.

https://herman.bearblog.dev/piracy-kills

#piracy

@philcowans ☝️ Time Reshared, mentioned in the previous toot, is a rare retrocomputing gem: a new blog that explores time-sharing operating systems.

https://timereshared.com

#TimeSharing #os #retrocomputing #blogs

@trebach Right, lots of good examples from the past.

@thollief @jackdaniel