Zoë Blade

@zoeblade
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Musician, writer, programmer. Analysis and synthesis.
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Zoë Blade4d ago

On the humble 1980s word processor:

http://notebook.zoeblade.com/Word_processor.html

Zoë Blade5d ago

On the personal computer:

http://notebook.zoeblade.com/Personal_computer.html

Zoë BladeMar 15

I'm not sure who has a use for this, but I've transcribed the default font of the Hitachi HD44780 LCD controller. (If you have anything with a 16×2 char LCD, it's probably using this.)

https://github.com/robhagemans/hoard-of-bitfonts/pull/52/changes

Zoë BladeMar 12

Never one to shy away from controversy, I talk about CRT... that is, cathode-ray tubes, how screens used to work back in the 20th century:

http://notebook.zoeblade.com/CRT.html

Zoë BladeMar 10

On how these newfangled video terminals from the 1970s and early 1980s changed the way we interact with computers:

http://notebook.zoeblade.com/Video_terminal.html

Show threadZoë BladeMar 6
You know how things used to be built to last? These utilities were designed for you to use them via this thing, a Model 33 teleprinter, that worked like a typewriter possessed by a demon, having a conversation with you. (Hence the terse names. It's slow, and paper's expensive!) They've barely changed since then, and they still work.
Zoë BladeMar 6

The day I discovered the Unix calendar utility was the day I started "remembering" everyone's birthday. 😅

http://notebook.zoeblade.com/calendar.html

Zoë BladeMar 5

On cyberdecks:

http://notebook.zoeblade.com/Cyberdeck.html

Zoë BladeMar 3

About the Intel 386 microprocessor, and how its designers made it a bit more like the Motorola 68000 so it could compete at running Unix variants:

http://notebook.zoeblade.com/386.html

Zoë BladeMar 1

NEW ARTICLE
RE: TELEPRINTERS
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http://notebook.zoeblade.com/Teleprinter.html