• Episode 138 - Type-It-Yourself

  • Sep 1 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
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Episode 138 - Type-It-Yourself

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  • Summary

  • I'm finally back to my usual programming! This time we are taking one of my patent pending rambles through a topics. Today's victim: the humble type-in program. Along the way we will see how traditions formed around early type-in software, and how the practice shifted over time. Was this just a handy way to distribute code? Was this just an educational trick? The answers are more complex than you may first imagine.

    Selected Sources:

    https://s3data.computerhistory.org/pdp-1/DEC.pdp_1.1964.102650371.pdf - LISP for the PDP-1

    https://archive.org/details/DigiBarnPeoplesComputerCompanyVol1No1Oct1972 - PCC Issue #1

    https://archive.org/details/Whattodoafteryouhitreturn - What To Do After You Hit Return
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