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Sat, 09 May 2026 15:13:33 +0000

The entire article is a treasure. I’ve realized that the original core harware and software design team paints a quite different picture of the historic events. Sure, Mac inherited concepts and people from Lisa. But also the Apple II philosophy has played a remarkable role; e.g. save chips to drive down the prise tag.
https://mprove.de/chrono?ll=0,0&q=-0.49633,-0.70786&z=8.39&m=IFbyte-magazine-1984-02-59&s=1&iiif-content=https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/byte-magazine-1984-02/manifest.json

#Apple #Macintosh #computerhistory @Roundtrip

Sat, 09 May 2026 10:07:18 +0000

Jobs: If you read the Apple's first
brochure, the headline was “Simplicity is the Ultimate Sophistication.”
What we meant by that was that
when you first attack a problem it
seems really simple because you
don’t understand it. Then when you
start to really understand it, you
come up with these very complicated
solutions because it’s really hairy.
Most people stop there. But a few
people keep burning the midnight oil
and finally understand the underlying principles of the problem and
come up with an elegantly simple solution for it. But very few people go the distance to get there.

Stebe Jobs (October 1983): If you read the Apple's first brochure, the headline was “Simplicity is the Ultimate Sophistication.”

https://mprove.de/chrono?ll=-0.5636,-0.40512&q=-0.49633,-0.70786&z=9.67&m=IFbyte-magazine-1984-02-61&s=1&iiif-content=https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/byte-magazine-1984-02/manifest.json

#computerhistory

Wed, 06 May 2026 18:44:11 +0000

Cpt Kirk and Spock talk to a computer:
“Computer, | want a complete rundown of all references to the design of
computer systems for Enterprise class ships in the first quarter century of
BYTE magazine.”
“Yes, sir, but are you prepared for recursion?”

The Computer of #StarTrek IN BYTE 12/1977
Cover: https://mprove.de/chrono?ll=-0.08568,0.0743&q=0.12005,-0.36724&z=9.19&m=IFbyte-magazine-1977-12&s=1&iiif-content=https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/byte-magazine-1977-12/manifest.json
Article: https://mprove.de/chrono?ll=0,0&q=-0.21594,0.73379&z=8.39&m=IFbyte-magazine-1977-12-13&s=1&iiif-content=https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/byte-magazine-1977-12/manifest.json

#scifi #computerhistory /via @internetarchive

Wed, 21 Jan 2026 05:50:03 +0000

A Hewlett-Packard logic state analyzer – with a [DON’T CARE] button. I love it.

/found on farcebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/259905524039336/?multi_permalinks=26408050508798147

#computerhistory

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 17:01:15 +0000

Cpt. Kirk explains microelectronics –
William Shatner presents transistors and integrated circuits.
Watch and enjoy MICROWORLD, 1976
https://archive.org/details/youtube-8qD9VDC-LnE?start=88

#computerHistory #fridayfun

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 12:37:56 +0000

#NerdAlert! Computers as props in movies.
https://starringthecomputer.com/computers.html

#ComputerHistory

Sun, 28 Sep 2025 14:30:51 +0000

Once upon a time in Silicon Valley_
The story of General Magic_
–documentary 2018–

And_ 🎉 my #ChronoMedia spot #2,000 🎉

https://mprove.de/chrono3d?ll=37.39914,-122.1073&q=37.4002,-122.11005&z=16.73&r=80&t=32&s=1&i=1/computerhistory

#ComputerHistory

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 07:35:25 +0000

HAL’s last lullaby »Daisy Bell« is a reference to early computer voice experiments in 1961.
📺 https://youtu.be/O2MBarHzeYM?si=U-jl6QJAJTapb8N7&t=613
🏛️ Bell Labs: https://archive.org/details/thecommunicationsexplosion?start=1223

#ComputerHistory #2001aspaceodyssey

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 13:41:59 +0000

#mproveinsights news ::
• Capt. Grace Hopper on Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People, 1982
• Stu Card on the psychology of HCI, GOMS, Fitts’ Law, innovation at Xerox PARC, 2018

https://mprove.de/insights/index.html#hopper

#ComputerHistory

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 13:45:41 +0000

an old gray-haired lady in dark blue uniform

new entry on #mproveinsights :: Capt. Grace Hopper on Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People (1982)
https://mprove.de/insights/index.html#hopper
or #ChronoMedia https://mprove.de/chrono?ll=39.10893,-76.77202&z=17.43&r=23&t=55&d=0&s=1&i=1

#ComputerHistory #Fortran #Cobol #security #strategicthinking #QA #Leadership

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 08:16:58 +0000

Das Computer und Kommunikationsmuseum in Bamberg steht vor der Auflösung.
Hier noch ein letzter Video-Rundgang

https://mprove.de/chrono?q=49.89453,10.88916&z=15.33&t=48&m=BYbsb00105090&o=0.9&s=1&i=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkoCdkbYqvM

#ComputerHistory

Sun, 18 May 2025 07:42:45 +0000

IMO Aspen Movie Map (1981) has still better concepts than google maps & #streetview today.

left video via: https://mprove.de/chrono3d?q=39.19068,-106.81934&z=17.13&r=98&t=69&d=0&s=1&i=1
right: https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B011'27.1%22N+106%C2%B049'12.3%22W/@39.1909152,-106.8200994,3a,60y,94.01h,95.62t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s5FFPJFs9kWvdhGgmUUmiuQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-5.617753428994192%26panoid%3D5FFPJFs9kWvdhGgmUUmiuQ%26yaw%3D94.00903749570698!7i16384!8i8192!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d39.19086!4d-106.82008?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDUxMy4xIKXMDSoJLDEwMjExNDUzSAFQAw%3D%3D

#HistoryOfComputing #computerhistory

Sat, 10 May 2025 05:19:21 +0000

"I’m just Jony" – A conversation with Jony Ive at #stripesessions, 6-May-2025 :: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLb9g_8r-mE

A couple of rare and profound insights into product design from the industrial revolution to bending tubes at #Bauhaus to the Friday design breakfasts at #Apple

#ComputerHistory

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 16:46:29 +0000

Michael Buckland at Ars2013 :: TOTAL RECALL

#ChronoMedia: https://mprove.de/chrono?q=48.31181,14.2907&z=14.61&r=64&t=47&d=0&s=1&i=1

Direct utube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNMAKbH6qyE

#computerhistory #HistoryOfHypertext before Vannevar Bush

Sun, 26 Jan 2025 09:47:56 +0000

Preview of Apple 1984 ad. An athlete with a hammer is running down an aisle.

I put a new #ChronoMedia spot at the Super Bowl stadium of 1984 :: https://mprove.de/chrono3d?q=27.97598,-82.50334&z=16.81&r=153&t=60&s=1&i=1

There is also a MakingOf!

#Apple #ComputerHistory #1984GeorgeOrwell

Mon, 09 Dec 2024 19:35:13 +0000

Floating panel with a smiling man with a headset. In the background is a satellite view of the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

#DougDay - 56 yrs ago, on 9-Dec-1968, Douglas Engelbart and Jeff Rulifson have presented NLS/Augment. This groundbreaking presentation at FJCC in San Francisco became later known as »The Mother of All Demos.«

Watch a remastered version and/or an excellent documentary (2018) via the ChronoLink https://mprove.de/chrono3d?q=37.78337,-122.3996&z=17.05&r=-103&t=38&s=1&i=1

#computerhistory

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 11:14:43 +0000

a happy young couple checks outs push button telephones

Century 21 Calling. The future world of communications as envisioned by Bell Systems in 1962
#ChronoMedia https://mprove.de/chrono?q=47.62051,-122.3494&z=15.14&r=106&t=57&d=0&i=1
Direct https://archive.org/details/Century21964

#computerhistory

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Matthias MProve

About RSS Enterprise

Before (a)social media, the web used to be social. Each and every Web 2.0 site used to offer its info pebbles also as an RSS feed. RSS (really simple syndication) is a standardized XML format (extensible markup language) that an RSS reader app can import and display. Some of this information infrastructure has survived and can be revived by the web app RSS Enterprise on this page.

The primary use case is Mastodon. But as it turns out, RSS feeds provided by at least BlueSky, tumblr, WordPress, SpeakerDeck, Pinterest, and Wordpress can also be displayed here.

For Mastodon in specific, there are a few special features:

You can click Mastodon tags to load the tag’s content. Try #SciFiEtiquette or #trendytoots
Discover more insights at the tag #RSSEnterprise itself.
You can click a Mastodon user to display her feed.
Try @mprove or @chronohh
You can drag any RSS feed URL from any web page to the cover above and drop it into the river. This does also work for Mastodon users and hash tags, as well as for blogspot, pinterest, substack, and tumblr.
The menu command Edit > Paste of an RSS address is also possible, but less exciting.

Of course, you can always fiddle around with the parameters in the browser’s address bar:

RSS Enterprise parameter info

rss=: The feed url or a dropable blog URL
Support for multiple Mastodon hash tags; e.g. get the combined tags #ComputerHistory #HistoryOfComputers #HistoryOfComputing #chm with this RSS Enterprise link
rss2=: A second feed to be displayed; but no support for multiple tags
roundrobin: Optional parameter to flip-flop between two feeds instead of sorting them chronologically

stay curious – share the links – have fun! Matthias

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