The Computer SILLIAC was Australias 3rd computer & introduced many to programming. The Computer History of Australia - Ep5 "SILLIAC" youtu.be/tJdB3QZpVKA?si… via YouTube

A fascinating interview with Chris Curry (from Sinclair, Acorn, etc) - youtube.com/watch?v=1IzJ4B…

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The decline of ownership: Louis' speech from FUTO Don't Be Evil Conference youtu.be/rk3snANxYMY?si…

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Yikes. Friends in the USA now getting slammed on aliexpress...

Last night, I released a new episode about the computer history of Australia. This time on the computer UTECOM. Operational in 1956, UTECOM was used by Charles Hamblin to create a very early computer language called GEORGE. It used his invention of RPN. youtu.be/VNzyXa7zBkY?si…

UTECOM was Australia’s 4th computer & was essentially a DEUCE which was the production version of the PILOT ACE, built by the National Physical Laboratory in the UK & based on the design work of British computer pioneer and code-breaker Alan Turing. youtu.be/VNzyXa7zBkY?si…

The next episode of State of Electronics on the Computer History of Australia will drop on the 29th of May. It will be about ADA, Australias 1st fully transistorised digital but “analog” based computer. Details to come soon.

Imagine, it's 1984 and you're using Wordstar on a CP/M machine or a PC clone, knocking out documents using Ctrl-commands etc. Then you see this video - youtube.com/watch?v=ZmWOtf….

Wayne Stambaugh's talk on the KiCad Project status at KiCon North America is now online at youtu.be/uUu6nX5VxcA Want to join us at the next KiCon? kicon.kicad.org

SNOCOM - Ep8 The Computer History of Australia: SNOCOM’s Main Memory was a Serial Magnetic Drum, which provided all forms of memory including its registers & even the Clock. It had just 8KB of RAM by today’s standards but helped build the Snowy Scheme! youtu.be/HEvDlG4G4uE?si…

They would have died in the 20th century...

What Australian journalists won't tell you. "In 2024, nuclear reactors globally produced a record 2,667 TWh of electricity." Australia's entire annual electricity consumption is around 250 (TWh) - less than a tenth of the total electricity being generated by nuclear in the world.

Barracuda (Heart cover) by Cybertronic Spree youtu.be/bTTT0iarzI8?si…

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