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EPISODE · Oct 18, 2025 · 1H 11M

13: Terminals: Talking to the machine

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Jim takes us on a walk down memory lane!Terminals have been around for a long time, probably much longer than you'd ever guess. Join us as we talk about the history of computer terminals and get a bit into how they work and how they've evolved into the amazing applications that we have today.Linkshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleprinterhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletype_Model_33https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_700Julia Evans Wizard Zines links:https://wizardzines.com/https://wizardzines.com/zines/terminal/Hosts:Jim McQuillan can be reached at [email protected] can be reached at [email protected] us on Mastodon: @[email protected] you have feedback for us, please send it to [email protected] our webpage at http://RuntimeArguments.fmTheme music:Dawn by nuer self, from the album Digital Sky

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Jim takes us on a walk down memory lane! Terminals have been around for a long time, probably much longer than you'd ever guess. Join us as we talk about the history of computer terminals and get a bit into how they work and how they've evolved into the amazing applications that we have today. Links https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleprinterhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletype_Model_33https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_700Julia Evans Wizard Zines links: https://wizardzines.com/https://wiza...

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