[Another recycled mailing list post ( Read more... )

My talk should be on in about an hour and a half from when I post this.

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A possible next evolutionary step for computers is persistent memory: large capacity non-volatile main memory. With a few terabytes of nonvolatile RAM, who needs an SSD any more? I will sketch out a proposal for how to build an versatile, general-purpose OS for a computer ( Read more... )

The first computer I owned was a Sinclair ZX Spectrum, and I retain a lot of fondness for these tiny, cheap, severely-compromised machines. I just backed the ZX Spectrum Next kickstarter, for instance.

But after I left university and got a job, I bought myself my first "proper" computer: an Acorn Archimedes. The Archie remains one of the most ( Read more... )

This is a repurposed CIX comment. It goes on a bit. Sorry for the length. I hope it amuses.

So, today, a friend of mine accused me of getting carried away after reading a third-generation Lisp enthusiast's blog. I had to laugh.The actual history is a bit bigger, a bit deeper ( Read more... )

I recently received an email from a reader -- a rare event in itself -- following my recent Reg article about educational OSes ( Read more... )