Contemplating Life – Episode 46 – “My First Computers”

This week we continue my nostalgic look back at my college days specifically my second semester at IUPUI and my first-ever programming class. Links of Interest IUPUI website: https://www.iupui.edu/ Demonstration of a 2-5 Chinese Abacus: https://youtu.be/PbGft644WUE?si=HIjzXcdWnPPW1rRS More about types of abacus than you ever wanted to know: https://youtu.be/DSrAvn_znlc?si=-Ksn82F_orOGcpVW Bowmar Brain Calculator: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculator#Development_of_electronic_calculators:~:text=901B%20(popularly%20termed-,The%20Bowmar%20Brain,-)%2C%20measuring%205.2%20by Slide rules on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_rule Addiator Mechanical calculator: https://youtu.be/ryST18JJ7VU?si=kSUE-Y4oTgHg3kUV Another Addiator video: https://youtu.be/cT8fSGHHiAs?si=aBR7YCFamWqs6ImD DigiComp demonstration: https://youtu.be/chrURgrkd44?si=U28LSayBdXEqFlEF IBM System/360 Model 44: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_System/360_Model_44 IBM punch cards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_card Herman Hollerith: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Hollerith Keypunch machines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keypunch FORTRAN programming language: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortran Karnaugh map: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnaugh_map IBM 1620: https://t-lcarchive.org/ibm-1620/ Binary Coded Decimal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary-coded_decimal Line Printer art Mona Lisa: https://www.gloveboxoptions.com/shopping/impact-printer-products-ascii-art#ascii-art-product-AART112 ASCII art: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII_art For more episodes: https://contemplating-life.com/ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/contemplatinglife Where to listen to this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/contemplatinglife YouTube playlist of this and all other episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFFRYfZfNjHL8bFCmGDOBvEiRbzUiiHpq