I have more links to post but I just plain ran out of time.
- The /bin/true Command and Copyright. (via)
- Pencil and Paper Games. (via)
- A Little Story About the `yes` Unix Command. (via)
- Open Source Game Clones. I linked this years ago, but it’s updated. Still iffy on it. (via)
- Pixels camp 2017. (slides)
- Who implemented the Windows NT blue screen of death?
- Apple2fpga: Reconstructing an Apple II+ on an FPGA. (via)
- A Eulogy for Eudora.
- The Scrolling Orbs. Trackballs predated mice – significantly.
- The Balanced Ternary Machines of Soviet Russia. (via)
- A DDoS threat that didn’t happen.
Your crazy update of the week: The Beacon Project.
Less crazy/better idea: The Church of the SubGenius | A Documentary. Pledging.
So much fascinating history this week! As always, you have an eye for the best reading material out there.
The Ternary Computer article was very interesting and to find out that it was done using ferrite core logic. The computer I learned programming on also user ferite cores but it was binary