Re: Redefining eternity

On Mon, 16 Dec 2024 19:41:25 +0000, clams casino wrote:

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Buried right here:
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https://denvergazette.com/life/in-boulders-underground-media-archaeology-lab-a-search-for-tech-reckoning/article_72d92d3d-c7c9-5038-8579-b2f3c542d9ba.html
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The lab is overseen by a young, tattooed, dyed-haired scholar who does
not like capital letters. It was libi rose striegl who made me aware of
the terms “techno-pessimist and “techno-optimist.”
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“The computer will save us or we’re totally doomed,” striegl said. “And
somewhere in the middle is the reality.”
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The manager of the Media Archaeology Lab (the MAL) lives in the middle.
She calls herself “agnostic” when it comes to technology, while also
confessing to screen time amounting to adoration.
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Instagram shows the clunky array of extinct machines that are kept in
working order here. Yes, to step into the MAL is to step into a time
capsule.
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The PDP-8 among other computers, including the Apple lineage. The TRS-80
Model 100 among “laptops” of the day. The Walkman among portable music
players and the 1913 phonograph among larger ones.
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The brick-sized IBM Simon among early cellphones. Among radios is the
Panosonic that flips up a TV screen. The handheld Blip is among
forgotten video games.
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https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/denvergazette.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/1e/11eb35ec-2917-579e-adf5-b46688615c26/6750c1c5ab424.image.jpg?resize=744%2C500

Relics of a past age are interesting. My father-in-law had many. Most of
them, we just hauled to the dump when he died. I kept some of his
keyboards and drives. He had an awesome board which was about 18 inches
long and had 1MB of memory. It had a letter from the company that was
also his receipt. Back then, it cost $1000.00. I have no idea how you'd
get something that long to fit in a computer.