Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label History. Show all posts

Monday, 28 December 2015

A brief history of USB

Useful history of the humble USB connection ...
History of the USB connection from what it replaced to next generation USB-C.

A brief history of USB, what it replaced, and what has failed to replace it | Ars Technica:

Sunday, 31 August 2014

Happy 25 years - Internet

Some memories of  25 Years of Internet in Australia ...
What ever did we do before the Internet? No Google, email, Facebook ...

Happy 25 years of the internet, Australia | SBS News:

Sunday, 13 April 2014

50 yrs ago, IBM's System/360

This may bring back memories for some ...
I wrote my first program in Fortran and used to carry a tray of 500+ punched cards across Pitt Street, Sydney to run it at a batch terminal. I often wondered what would happen if I dropped the tray in the middle of Pitt Street!

50 years ago, IBM created mainframe that helped send men to the Moon | Ars Technica: