![]() ![]() It was also extremely important in the development of software that would fuel the PC revolution, chiefly the operating system. It was a crucial link in the evolution from mainframe to PC (aka microcomputer). One of the most important machines on the path to modern machines, most of us have since forgotten: the minicomputer. It covers the transition from large, hulking mainframes to the intermediate step of the minicomputer, which will eventually lead us to the PC revolution that we're still living in the wake of. This first episode looks at the non-fiction book (and engineering classic), The Soul of a New Machine, to look at a critical moment in computing history. Machines that brought teams together and changed us as a society in ways we could only dream of." Machines made with leaps of faith and a lot of hard, often unrecognized, work in basements and stifling cubicles. "This season, we'll look at what happens when idealistic teams come together to build visionary machines. The Command Line Heroes podcast is back, and this season it covers the machines that run all the programming languages I covered last season. ![]()
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