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Podcast: airhacks.fm podcast with adam bien
Episode: From Predator Plants to Concordance with Java
Description: An airhacks.fm conversation with Volker Simonis (@volker_simonis) about:
early computing experiences with Schneider CPC (Amstrad in UK) with Z80 CPU,
CP/M operating system as an add-on that provided a real file system,
programming in Basic and Turbo Pascal on early computers,
discussion about gaming versus programming interests,
using a 9-pin needle printer for school work,
programming on pocket computers with BASIC in school,
memories of Digital Research's CP/M and DR-DOS competing with MS-DOS,
HiMEM memory management in early operating systems,
programming in Logo language with turtle graphics and fractals,
fascination with Lindenmayer systems (L-systems) for simulating...