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In japanese pop culture of the 80s and 90s, you see references to 5th gen computing now and then. Just like as a part of the technobabble in some sci-fi show. W
by uxp100 7y ago
In japanese pop culture of the 80s and 90s, you see references to 5th gen computing now and then. Just like as a part of the technobabble in some sci-fi show. Watching sci-fi anime once I heard it a few times I started to suspect it might be a real thing, and looked it up.
If anyone has a recommendation for a book or long article that covers the this, some of the people involved, what they actually achieved, etc. I'd be interested.
- LargoLasskhyfv 7y agoLook at this http://xahlee.info/kbd/TRON_keyboard.html http://xahlee.info/kbd/TRON_keyboard.html Then https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRON_project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRON_project and especially https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BTRON https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BTRON If that is not enough, try http://tronweb.super-nova.co.jp/homepage.html http://tronweb.super-nova.co.jp/homepage.html which is the most comprehensive history of that i can find. In my opinion that is the stuff which influenced sci-fi anime. Imagine... A specification exactly describing a common platform with different levels of capabilites, but not down to the bits, but more like an API, where anybody is free to implement that in whatever way one sees fit, as long as it conforms to the API. Mandatory interoperability between products of different vendors, be it hard- or software. FAST! All networked. All with code at least a magnitude smaller than contemporary counterparts. So no BLOAT. That was the spirit of the time there, i guess. But the powers of Babylon intervened again, i guess.