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1. Sean Tilley (dsh@deadsuperhero.com)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2017 13:20:17 EDT Sean Tilley
   I really want to write a book on the history of computing. Not just a short snippet, but the entire evolutionary arc, from the Difference Engine up to cutting-edge development happening now.
   1. Sean Tilley (dsh@deadsuperhero.com)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2017 13:38:13 EDT Sean Tilley

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      I eagerly await my signed copy!
   2. Sean Tilley (dsh@deadsuperhero.com)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2017 13:49:19 EDT Sean Tilley

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      Boah. Quite a heavy project. But could be amazing if done right.
      I am still amazed that IBM put the first virtualized hosts into production the same year of
      

      • Sgt. pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
      • The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
      • The Doors
      • Velvet Underground & Nico
      • Monterey Pop Festival
        

      
      
      Amazing.
      
      Not to mention Konrad Zuse who built his first computers in his living room and it was unfortunately destroyed during the WWII bombing of Berlin.
      
      The amazingly ahead of her times Ada Lovelace.
      
      There is so much to get your head around.
   3. Sean Tilley (dsh@deadsuperhero.com)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2017 14:41:53 EDT Sean Tilley

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      @dsh you could be the first!
   4. Sean Tilley (dsh@deadsuperhero.com)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2017 14:47:06 EDT Sean Tilley

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      @dsh you may be interested in the group (known as Plan 28) devoted to building Babbage's Analytical Engine
      
      http://plan28.org/
   5. Sean Tilley (dsh@deadsuperhero.com)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2017 00:47:01 EDT Sean Tilley

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      That sounds like a truly massive project! Possibly a number of volumes required. Das Komputer ;-P