Posts with keyword: computer

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Alan Kay Organick Lectures

Tue Feb 7 14:48:00 2006

Alan Kay will give this year's Organick Lectures at the University of Utah on Feb 23rd. He will speak in the afternoon (@3:40pm) on "Are 'Computer Science' and 'Software Engineering' Oxymorons?" and in the evening (@7:30pm) on "Children, Powerful Ideas, and the $100 Laptop." Both lectures will be at the 202 Skaggs Biology Research Building. If you're in the area, you ought to go. Alan Kay has wonderful and inspiring to listen to whenever I've heard him. What's more, the setting is usually fairly small. Last year, when I heard Vint Cerf speak, there were probably less that 100
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Wanted: MITS Altair 8800

Thu Oct 20 15:33:00 2005

I'm looking to buy a MITS Altair 8800 computer if you know anyone who's got one. I'm mostly interested for sentimental reasons. I built one in 1976 and would love to have one. The price, of course, would depend on condition and acccessories. I want something that works. My fingers ache to toggle in 8080 machine code on the front panel switches and see the blinking lights.
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