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It is always great to read stories about obsolete technologies and how people put lot of effort, thinking and energy into solving the roadblocks. This provides
by akshayB 8y ago
It is always great to read stories about obsolete technologies and how people put lot of effort, thinking and energy into solving the roadblocks. This provides a great prospective of history and how things evolved over time which kids these days might have zero idea about.
- maxxxxx 8y agoIt's not only historical. Stories like this show how good engineers work through a problem. There is a lot to learn there.
- puzzle 8y agoWell, it's interesting on the human and historical side, especially the part that it was all self-taught, but on the technical side, it's not clear from this interview that he's using GCR and how (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_coded_recording#Apple https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_coded_recording#Apple) and that e.g. Commodore had a more efficient scheme that allowed a whole 170KB per side, at the same density.
- _jal 8y agoEvery technology you use today is obsolete; time just hasn't quite caught up quite yet. Seconding the other commenter about how much there is to learn from these stories.
- BurningFrog 8y agoWe're all dead. There is just a slight delay in implementation.