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The very excellent "Advent of Computing" computer history podcasts had an episode involving The Story of Mel relatively recently: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/

by anyfoo 1y ago

The very excellent "Advent of Computing" computer history podcasts had an episode involving The Story of Mel relatively recently: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/acting-up/id1459202600?i=1000701491554 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/acting-up/id1459202600... It provides a lot of context, and puts things into perspective. Note that it helps to be familiar with The Story of Mel before listening to that episode. I think the podcast may have explained The Store of Mel itself in a previous episode that I haven't listened to yet, but I was personally familiar with it already through the usual folklore.

II2II 1y ago
Mel was discussed in episode 114 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lgp-30-a-forgotten-machine/id1459202600?i=1000624471933 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lgp-30-a-forgotten...), and there was a special episode which included a reading of the story (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reading-the-story-of-mel/id1459202600?i=1000625790180 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reading-the-story-of-m...). The machine also pops up from time to time when the host discusses "personal computers", which he has a very interesting definition of!