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1. ~vidak (vidak@zoinks.one)'s status on Thursday, 07-Jul-2022 00:34:49 UTC ~vidak

   the culture we share here is going to change the world forever.

   long after the fediverse is offline, and 99% of all our data here has rotted away, people will look back and wonder how we could have shared something so beautiful.

   maybe this sounds way too overblown, but as i sift through bitsavers over and over again, i am astounded every time at the (now forgotten) efforts people made at trying to extend computer science in ways which was friendly and pedagogical.

   what we have now in computing is a pale, dim shadow of the likes of DEC, Smalltalk, Lisp machines…

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   • Xeon² (izaya@social.shadowkat.net)'s status on Thursday, 07-Jul-2022 00:35:16 UTC Xeon²

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     @vidak looking through manuals and papers about systems that didn't "win" is fascinating
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   • ~vidak (vidak@zoinks.one)'s status on Thursday, 07-Jul-2022 00:35:55 UTC ~vidak

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     • psf

     @psf i have many, such as the plans and documentation for the symbolics 3600 lisp machine!

     http://bitsavers.org/pdf/symbolics/3600_series/

     also, there is a very informative archive of a lot of dec’s minicomputers!

     http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/

   • psf (psf@oldbytes.space)'s status on Thursday, 07-Jul-2022 00:35:56 UTC psf

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     @vidak What is your favorite forgotten computer idea from Bitsavers?