Für eine größere Menge amerikanischer Elektrotechnik-Fachbücher, die vor 1964 erschienen, ist das Copyright abgelaufen und die Titel sind jetzt Public Domain. Jemand macht sich deshalb jetzt die Mühe, diese Titel zusammen zu tragen und als PDF zu scannen. Die Übersicht mit den Download-Links: http://www.tubebooks.org/technical_books_online.htm #techhistory #technikgeschichte
USB Floppy Disk Striped RAID Under OS X (2004)
http://web.archive.org/web/20040202110812/http://ohlssonvox.8k.com/fdd_raid.htm
#HackerNews #USB #Floppy #Disk #Striped #RAID #OS #X #2004 #TechHistory #RetroComputing
Y2K Turn your computer off before midnight - 1999 Reproduction Sticker
»The current situation of most clerical workers, secretaries, and “processors” of various sorts is our starting place: meaningless work with little material reward in a deteriorating and self-destructive social system.«
Source: Processed World, Issue 1, Spring 1981, https://archive.org/details/processedworld01proc #techhistory
When did Google go from being a search engine company to primarily an advertising company? April 13, 2007's acquisition of Doubleclick was a really big step in that direction. Does it seem like it's been 18 years? https://dfarq.homeip.net/googles-acquisition-of-doubleclick/ #TechHistory #BusinessEvolution #RetroComputing
Resurrecting Infocom's Unix Z-Machine with Cosmopolitan
https://christopherdrum.github.io/posts/2025/04/porting-infocom-with-cosmo
Are you watching TWiT’s 20th Anniversary episode?! It’s happening now—don’t miss the celebration, surprises, and stories from two decades of tech!
Tune in live: https://youtube.com/live/uG7PT0A2csc
#TWiT20 #TechHistory
Compute's Gazette Magazine Returns After 35 Yrs, Will Focus on Retro Computing
Historically, AWS pulled off one of the most interesting business model shifts in tech.
In this clip, Harvard economist Shane Greenstein explores how Amazon redefined cloud infrastructure—and made it wildly profitable.
The full episode digs into Web 2.0, the rise of AI, and the changing digital landscape.
Available wherever podcasts stream!
https://youtu.be/z3z94qVCGp8
The Decline of the U.S. Machine-Tool Industry and Prospects for Recovery (1994)
Fifty Years of Open Source Software Supply Chain Security
Decoding the 90s: Cryptography in Early Software Development (2023)
»Allerdings war das Bücherlesen im Zug bei Medizinern nicht unumstritten, hatten doch manche Ärzte die Befürchtung, dass Lesen in den ruckelnden Zügen zu Geisteskrankheiten führen könne.«
Aus: Helmut Hilz – Geschichte des Buches (2022).
Wir sind ca. in der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts. Zu der Zeit entstanden auch die ersten Bahnhofsbuchhandlungen. #technikgeschichte #techhistory
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