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Computer History with Chris Garcia

by Chris Garcia

Chris Garcia spent twenty years studying the history of computers, and now, with time on his hands, he's going back and bringing that knowledge out for all to hear!

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Episodes

  1. S1E16 - IBM 360

    Episode Notes n this episode of Computer History with Chris Garcia, we look at the IBM System/360, announced on April 7, 1964, and why it became one of the most important computer families in history. The System/360 was not just a new machine. It was IBM’s attempt to unify business, scientific,...

  2. S1E15 - The Birth of AI

    Episode Notes https://jmc.stanford.edu/articles/dartmouth/dartmouth.pdf https://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/mcc59.pdf https://computerhistory.org/playlists/artificial-intelligence-at-chm/ https://computerhistory.org/timeline/ai-robotics/...

  3. S1E11 - The Path Out of Lincoln Lab - TX-0/2, LINC, and the PDP-1

    Episode Notes TX-0 (Transistorized Experimental Computer Zero): Wikipedia: TX-0 A comprehensive overview of the TX-0, highlighting its development, architecture, and significance in computing history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TX-0 Tom's Hardware+3gunkies.org+3Encyclopedia Britannica+3...

  4. S1E10 - UK Computers Go Commercial

    Episode Notes Support our Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/c/3MinModernist

  5. S1E8 - SAGE

    Episode Notes https://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/real-time-computing/6/120 In Your Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06drBN8nlWg

  6. S1E9 - IBM Computers - 1960 to 1965

    Episode Notes https://www.computerhistory.org/brochures/1960s/ - Computer History Museum on the 1960s https://www.ibm.com/history/stretch - IBM page on STRETCH

  7. S1E7 - The End of the Vacuum Tube Era: US Computers 1955-1960

    Episode Notes 1961 BRL Report on Computing

  8. S1E6 - The IAS Machines

    Episode Notes Books: Dyson, George. Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe. Pantheon Books, 2012. Macrae, Norman. John Von Neumann: The Scientific Genius Who Pioneered the Modern Computer, Game Theory, Nuclear Deterrence, and Much More. American Mathematical Society, 1999....

  9. S1E5 - UK Computers - 1946 to 1952

    Episode Notes Come support our patreon!

  10. S1E4 - The Computer in the US - 1942 to 1951

    Episode Notes The computer in the US rode a wave out of World War II, and involved folks like Pres Eckert, John von Neumann, and John Mauchley, Harry Huskey, and many more. We talk about BINAC, Whirlwind, EDVAC, SEAC, SWAC, and more! You can help keep the episodes comin' by supporting our…

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  11. S1E3 - World War II

    Episode Notes You can help keep the episodes comin' by supporting our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/3MinModernist This episode looks at World War II, the computers needed to solve the problems war presents, and how it all helped lead us to the world of computers we know today!

  12. S1E2 - The Electro-Mechanical Age

    This episode, we cover the period before World War II with an emphasis on Claude Shannon, George Stibbitz, Konrad Zuse, and Differential Analyzers. We also show how ideas spread, and what a new device means as far as influence. Also, significant mentions of MIT. Help us keep going by supporting…

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  13. S1E1 - Episode 1 - Before the Computer

    Episode Notes You can help keep the episodes comin' by supporting our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/3MinModernist Triumph of the Nerds: An excellent doc This episode looks at the path the series will take, who think like tally sticks, the abacus, jetons, and other early mathematical…

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Chris Garcia spent twenty years studying the history of computers, and now, with time on his hands, he's going back and bringing that knowledge out for all to hear!

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Chris Garcia

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Chris Garcia spent twenty years studying the history of computers, and now, with time on his hands, he's going back and bringing that knowledge out for all to hear!

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