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Podcast: airhacks.fm podcast with adam bien
Episode: From Rocc Computers to Azul Systems
Description: An airhacks.fm conversation with Simon Ritter (@speakjava) about:
first computer experiences with TRS-80 and mainframe ALGOL68 programming via punched cards in the 1970s UK,
one-week turnaround times for program execution,
writing battleship games on mainframes,
bbc micro with color graphics and dual floppy drives,
father's influence as a tech enthusiast with a PDP-8 in his chemistry lab,
early fascination with robotics and controlling machines through programming,
writing card games and Mandelbrot set fractal generators in Basic,
transition from BASIC to C programming through sponsored university degree,
working at Rocc Computers on Unix device drivers and kernel debugging,
the teleputer,
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