ICM

Bill Gosper on the console of his Symbolics XL400 during VCF 6.0 in 2003 at Computer History Museum demonstrating a color “Gosper curve” with a color flowsnake print on the wall.

The XL400 is now on display and demonstrated at https://icm.museum

Bill at the AI lab PDP-6 running his implementation of Conway’s game of life.

#vcf #vintagecomputing #lisp #ai #hacker #graphics #life #fractal #art

Mar 6 at 3:48pmWeb
Show threadAndy L.Mar 6
@icm That first photo has the Gemini watermark. Is it AI generated?
Show threadSDF.ORGMar 6
@apLundell @icm it was enhanced as the late 1990s olympus digital camera makes for a tiny picture. Here is the original
Show threadAndy L.Mar 6
@SDF @icm I see. Thanks for clarifying.
Show threadLars BrinkhoffMar 9
@icm I think Michael Speciner was also involved in LIFE on the PDP-6.