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	NH Honors BASIC Language Category: Technology New Hampshire has installed what appears to be the first historical highway marker honoring computer programming, according to the Concord Monitor. The new sign honors BASIC, Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code, a programming language that was invented at Dartmouth College in 1964.The sign itself is located on New Hampshire Route 120 — a short distance away from ...  READ MORE	UncleBrad 06/17/2019	Technology
	ENIAC Operating Manual Category: Resources A look at the ENIAC Operating Manual, published 75 years ago this month, reveals just how difficult it was to program the world's first electronic general-purpose computer and how frustrating it must have been for its programmers....These days as soon as any piece of electronic equipment starts to malfunction there's the temptation not to fix it but to replace it - the replacement will pro...  READ MORE	UncleBrad 06/10/2019	Resources
	America's Rural Radio Stations Are Vanishing Category: Old Time Radio (OTR) Lucke pulls on a Steeler’s jacket and a baseball cap over brown hair that falls halfway down his back, and leads me across the five-acre yard. Out here, 90 miles east of Tucson, the desert is a long sweep of brush the color of beach sand. Lucke seems to slip through the rainy day like a ghost.The radio station, whose call letters are KHIL, has long been the daily soundtrack for this frontier...  READ MORE	UncleBrad 06/08/2019	Old Time Radio (OTR)
	‘Robots’ Are Not 'Coming for Your Job'—Management Is Category: Technology As my old TV repair mentor, Charlie Percifield, used to observe: "The smeller's the feller."Listen: ‘Robots’ are not coming for your jobs. I hope we can be very clear here—at this particular point in time, ‘robots’ are not sentient agents capable of seeking out and applying for your job and then landing the gig on its comparatively superior merits. &lsqu...  READ MORE	UncleBrad 06/04/2019	Technology
	Radio Locator Category: Resources Welcome to Radio-Locator.com, the most trusted radio station search engine on the Internet. We have links to over 15,300 radio stations' web pages and over 11,000 stations' audio streams from radio stations in the U.S. and around the world.Just enter your zip code, and be amazed at what you can listen to!...  READ MORE	UncleBrad 05/20/2019	Resources
	WB4IUY's Cushcraft Tribander Restoration Notes Category: Repair & Restoration David has a lot of useful information for Cushcraft tribander owners....  READ MORE	UncleBrad 05/14/2019	Repair & Restoration
	Boatanchors Unlimited Net Category: Friends The Finest Hour of Ham RadioEvery Wednesday at 7:30PM CST on 3.870 MHzCheck this site out for audio of all the nets!...  READ MORE	UncleBrad 05/08/2019	Friends
	Building the System/360 Nearly Destroyed IBM Category: Technology Instead, the S/360 proved to be the most successful product launch ever and changed the course of computingA short list of the most transformative products of the past century and a half would include the lightbulb, Ford’s Model T—and the IBM System/360. This mainframe series forever changed the computer industry and revolutionized how businesses and governments worked, enhancing produ...  READ MORE	UncleBrad 05/01/2019	Technology
	1972 Swan Spring Catalog Category: Resources If you own Swan products, you'll love this catalog.  Arguably, Swan's best products are found here, including accessories and antennas.If you have the Swan twins, the 600R & 600T, there is a lot of information here.A big thanks to Andrew, KD5PUR, for sending me a copy of this catalog.  Unfortunately, the ravages of time had taken its toll on that copy, but I was able to ...  READ MORE	UncleBrad 04/28/2019	Resources
	1973 Trigger Electronics Catalog Category: Resources Here are a few selected pages from the 1973 Trigger Electronics catalog.  Trigger Electronics was based out of River Forest, IL and was full of ham and CB gear, two-way accessories, audiophile products, kits, books and test equipment.  As a teenager, I would wear out these magazines - dreaming - but never had the money to order from them....  READ MORE	UncleBrad 04/28/2019	Resources