ENIAC – World’s First Electronic Computer Video A thousand times faster than a desk calculator. Short video. https://www.facebook.com/reel/1884946728797320/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
Archive for the ‘Computer History’ Category:
2025-09-27 Dial-up MultiLink PPP Using 12 Modems!
This YouTube video takes us through the way it used to be, with speeds of less than 200 kbps over Dial-up modems. But almost everyone went online with a single dial-up modem that over time increased their speeds to a maximum of 56kbps.
2025-01-06 PDP-1 Wiki
Interesting information about DEC’s first, the PDP-1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-1
2025-01-04 Elon Musk And The Twitter Acquisition
Elan talks about the Twitter acquisition. https://www.facebook.com/reel/1979473689187202/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
2025-01-01 QR Codes Explained, Plus Bar Codes
Derek Veritasium shows us how QR codes work. He pronounces the a in Veritasium like the a in tassel. https://www.facebook.com/reel/2506467346230147?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
2024-12-08 Derek Veritasium – Game Theory, Which Strategy Wins
Very interesting. So iets & nuclear bombs as first example. Then after many rounds of game to see which strategy works best. https://www.facebook.com/veritasium/videos/2169334116741310/?mibextid=9drbnH
2024-12-05 Voyager’s Computers Run On 70 Kilobytes Of Plated Wire Memory
An interesting video about NASA’s Voyager spacecraft computers. https://www.facebook.com/ThePrimalSpace/videos/1223112522301454/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
2024-11-13 Elon Musk Tells About How In 1995 He Had No Money And Lived In The Office
https://www.facebook.com/moneybuilderhuboff/videos/435203759623540/?mibextid=9drbnH More info on Elon https://www.facebook.com/61566358012902/videos/918412746863853/?mibextid=9drbnH
2024-10-10 Elon Musk Unveils The Cybercab Or Robotaxi
Tesla unveils the Cybercab or Robotaxi. Musk calls it individualized mass transit. It’s projected to cost $.20 a mile, compared to $1.00 a mile for busses. https://www.facebook.com/interestingengineering/videos/1232322724701382/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e Musk called the 20 passenger autonomous vehicle the Robovan, pronounced like ruh-BO-vun not like RO-bo-van. https://www.facebook.com/reel/851132957006684/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
