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Notes and reading tagged computing history
An NES, One Transistor at a Time
MetalNES by Ian Addisson is a transistor-level simulation of NES-001 hardware—arguing that rebuilding the console from its electronic components preserves understanding of how the original machine worked, not only the games it ran.
Inspired by github.com · Ian Addisson
Source Code From the Moon
Chris Garry’s Apollo-11 repository preserves the original Apollo Guidance Computer source for Comanche055 and Luminary099—transcribed from MIT Museum hardcopy with Virtual AGC—arguing that mission software deserves the same care we give spacecraft, spacesuits, and recordings.
Inspired by github.com · Chris Garry
Neuromancer — William Gibson
The cyberpunk classic that coined cyberspace: washed-up console cowboy Case is hired for one last run through the matrix in Chiba City and beyond.
The Soul of a New Machine — Tracy Kidder
An essential chapter in the history of the machine that revolutionized the world in the twentieth century.