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Ken Shirriff
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Computer history. Reverse-engineering old chips. Restored Apollo Guidance Computer, Xerox Alto. Ex-Google, Sun, Msft. So-called boffin.
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Ken Shirriff
@kenshirriff@oldbytes.space
Computer history. Reverse-engineering old chips. Restored Apollo Guidance Computer, Xerox Alto. Ex-Google, Sun, Msft. So-called boffin.
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@kenshirriff@oldbytes.space
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Mar 23, 2025
Engelbart's demo was later called "The Mother of All Demos". But first, an Intel demo at Comdex got that name. In 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait and Saddam Hussein promised "The Mother of All Battles" in the Gulf War. "The mother of all..." became a meme, applied to many things including Intel's demo.
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