Fork Bomb - Technology and Other Nerdy Retro Stuff

We made it to episode 10! In this special episode, we talk about our shared hobby of setting up and maintaining retro computers. If you want to participate in the conversation, or want to suggest future topics here's how you can contact us!
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We have Eric Renfro on as a guest again to tell us about the home automation and security system he's been building by hand.
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Chris and Euro talk about their experience learning about the Gopher, its history, and its use. Suriprisingly, it's still active and in use today!
Show notes:
The rise and fall of the Gopher protocol
The Overbite Project
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Special guest Erika Barker, Euro, and Chris talk about how they got into computing and how it got them to where they are today.
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Chris and Euro look at the history of Intel, its predecessor Fairchild Semiconductor, and the talented people behind how the microprocessor revolution got started. They also speculate on what life would be like without them.
Show Notes:
Podfather - Robert Noyce and the Rise of Silicon Valley (2009)
Fairchild Briefing on Integrated Circuits
Wikipedia - Intel
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In this episode, Euro and Chris take a dive into the history of NeXT Computer and the NeXTSTEP operating system.
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Special guest Gene McCulley join Euro and Chris in imaginging a world where Microsoft never existed. Everyone knows who Microsoft is, but you may be surprised how far their contributions truly reach.
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In this episode Euro and Chris discuss their experience with learning about the history and use of The Amiga. The Amiga was a computer from the 80s and 90s with multimedia capabilities that were about a decade ahead of its time.
Show notes:
A brief history of the Amiga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga
A long history of the Amiga https://arstechnica.com/series/history-of-the-amiga/
Amiga 500 “Hardwired” Demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogi9ZrxIEqE
Amiga Demoscene Playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFs5svKwp24&list=PL7C791DD55914C154
Bouncing Boing Ball Demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwFbWkr71wA
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In this episode we bring on special guest Eric Renfro. Eric is the system operator (sysop) for the Decker's Heaven Bulletin Board System (BBS) and experienced BBS's when they were still popular. We discuss what things would be like today if the Internet never happened and BBS's were still in their prime.
Show notes:
A tiny bit of history: BBS's were local area text based communication systems that were popular from the late 70s to the mid 90s. They were accessible via modem. They fell out of favor when the Internet became popular but still exist today because of hobbyists that still run them.
Eric Renfro's BBS: https://bbs.deckersheaven.com
You can SyncTERM to access it. Set the connection type to telnet (no security) for the fancy ANSI art login screen or set it to SSH for security.
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Euro and Chris discuss what life would be like in an apocalyptic dystopian present where broadband never happened.
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