Opening Pandora’s Web Box

Here is a letter I sent to Tim Westergren, CEO of Pandora: [1]

Tim,
I saw mention of Pandora on Slashdot earlier today, and took it for a spin. A brief trial convinced me it was a good product. I then noticed the ads, and saw mention of Pandora One, so I decided to upgrade.
Keep up the [...]

Executables for SPITBOL for Microsoft DOS and Windows now available

The DOS and Windows ports of SPITBOL are now available on the SPITBOL Downloads section
The DOS version is S.COM. This is 16-bit 8086 version and can be run under Linux using the package ‘dosqemu.’
The Windows version is SPITBOL-3.7-win.exe. This is 32-bit version and can be run under Linux using Wine. You also need to download [...]

My First Computer: The Geniac, 1958

While poking about the web I located my first computer, The Geniac. See also this entry in the Old Computer Museum web site: Geniac picture
I can recall building most of the circuits, especially the one that played tic-tac-toe.
There is was a Geniac for sale on ebay: Geniac Vintage Computer Edmund Berkeley Simon.
I [...]