Advent of Computing
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Advent of Computing

by Sean Haas

Welcome to Advent of Computing, the show that talks about the shocking, intriguing, and all too often relevant history of computing. A lot of little things we take for granted today have rich stories behind their creation, in each episode we will learn how older tech has lead to our modern world.

101 episodes
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1
The Programma 101
1:02:46 Mar 22, 2026
2
Dan Temkin - Forty-Four Esolangs
51:59 Mar 9, 2026
3
Getting Real with RSX
57:49 Feb 23, 2026
4
Is That Even UNIX?
1:02:22 Feb 9, 2026
5
SNOBOL? That's Disgusting!
1:05:59 Jan 28, 2026
6
The Bell Model I
1:02:50 Jan 12, 2026
7
Hybrid Programming
1:02:59 Dec 29, 2025
8
Analog/Hybrid
1:05:04 Dec 15, 2025
9
What Is a 4GL?
54:42 Nov 24, 2025
10
Thoroughbred/OS
1:00:00 Nov 10, 2025
11
Ben Zotto and the Story of Sphere Computers
52:41 Nov 1, 2025
12
Dellinger's Viruses
26:10 Oct 26, 2025
13
Halt and Catch Fire
26:45 Oct 19, 2025
14
The Tape That Unwound Itself
27:25 Oct 12, 2025
15
Beyond the PDP-11
1:00:10 Oct 5, 2025
16
LSI-11
54:48 Sep 21, 2025
17
LGP-30 LIVE! from VCF West
52:03 Sep 7, 2025
18
Ever Heard of the PDP-11?
58:01 Aug 24, 2025
19
CSIRAC, Australia's First Computer
1:01:05 Aug 10, 2025
20
The IAS Machine
1:03:18 Jul 13, 2025
21
What can Lunar Lander tell us about FOCAL?
56:28 Jun 29, 2025
22
The Intel 286: A Legacy Trap
1:06:40 Jun 15, 2025
23
INTERCAL RIDES AGAIN - Restoring a Lost Compiler
1:08:22 Jun 1, 2025
24
Only S1 Users Will Survive!
1:04:40 May 11, 2025
25
RPG, a Different Paradigm?
1:04:10 Apr 27, 2025
26
LINC
58:21 Apr 13, 2025
27
ACTing Up
1:20:48 Mar 30, 2025
28
The Keypact Mystery
55:07 Mar 17, 2025
29
LIVE at VCF - Reviving Retro Panel
1:00:06 Mar 2, 2025
30
Episode 151 - The Friden Flexowriter
1:00:33 Feb 3, 2025
31
Starting Windows Up
1:05:06 Jan 20, 2025
32
IDRIS Is Not UNIX
58:47 Jan 5, 2025
33
Is BLISS Ignorance?
1:03:21 Dec 22, 2024
34
Molecular Electronic Computer
54:48 Dec 9, 2024
35
The Z4
58:00 Nov 25, 2024
36
Zuse's Mysterious Machines
1:00:39 Nov 11, 2024
37
RABBITS
21:20 Oct 27, 2024
38
The Haunted Hard Drive
21:42 Oct 20, 2024
39
OS and JEDGAR
19:10 Oct 13, 2024
40
Computer Ruins Grocer
18:36 Oct 6, 2024
41
Assembling Code
1:03:46 Sep 29, 2024
42
HUTSPIEL
1:06:25 Sep 15, 2024
43
Type-It-Yourself
1:03:15 Sep 1, 2024
44
Edge Notched LIVE
52:33 Aug 18, 2024
45
Data Center Disaster
18:08 Aug 4, 2024
46
Getting On TRAC
1:14:40 Jul 21, 2024
47
XENIX
1:07:04 Jul 7, 2024
48
Beyond the Punch
1:04:10 Jun 23, 2024
49
LIVE from Intelligent Speech 2023
41:15 Jun 9, 2024
50
The PDP-1
1:15:43 May 26, 2024
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