Harald Eilertsen

Choosing Death - The Improbable History of Death Metal and Grindcore

Fri, 25 Dec 2020 17:41:45 +0100

Now reading "Choosing Death - The Improbable History of Death Metal and Grindcore" by Albert Mundrian. I was recommended this book, and so far it does not disappoint. Interesting to see how bands that we considered pioneers and inspiration came about, and what was their inspiration again.

#metal #deathmetal #grindcore #books #history

Books Music

Harald Eilertsen

Fri, 25 Dec 2020 17:53:21 +0100

And while we're at it: Relistening to the "Thy Kingdom Come" demo from 1987 by Morbid Angel. We played this tape to death in those days... Blaspheme the Ghost!

Olladij Tudajev

Fri, 25 Dec 2020 17:59:15 +0100 from Diaspora

still on my reading list. so you say it doesnt diappoint? sounds great!

Harald Eilertsen

Fri, 25 Dec 2020 18:07:33 +0100

@Olladij Tudajev So far I find it interesting, only about 1/3 into it still, but if you like the genres and the era I think you'll find it good. It's quite detailed and builds on a lot of interviews with the key people.

Harald Eilertsen

Wed, 14 Oct 2020 19:23:44 +0200

"This site is optimized for viewing with NETSCAPE 4.0 / MIE 4.0 or higher with an 800 X 600 screen resolution"

Now, that was a memory of times long gone...

#web #www #history #netscape

(Historical) Computers as Movie Superstars

Harald Eilertsen

Wed, 20 Feb 2019 11:38:24 +0100

The JavaZone developer conference has this tradition of making a short film for each of their conferences. Usually this is short mock trailer for parodies of more or less classic films. Last year however, they decided to make a longer episode called Stranger Strings. (No points for guessing what they've parodied this time.) In it they've used quite a few classic computers as props, and almost as characters in themselves. Here's a writeup about the computers they used and their history.

https://mehmandarov.com/computer-superstars/

You'll find more of their videos at their youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/JavaZoneNo

#computers #history #film #shortfilm #geekhumour

Computer history

A Minimal C64 Datasette Program Loader

Harald Eilertsen

Fri, 05 Oct 2018 19:55:00 +0200

The Commodore Datasette recording format is heavily optimized for data safety and can compensate for many typical issues of cassette tape, like incorrect speed, inconsistent speed (wow/flutter), and small as well as longer dropouts. This makes the format more complex and way less efficient than, for example, “Turbo Tape” or all other custom formats used by commercial games. Let’s explore the format by writing a minimal tape loader for the C64, optimized for size, which can decode correct tapes, but does not support error correction.

https://www.pagetable.com/?p=964

!Retro Computing #c64 #programming #history

Computers

EVK 200 H

Fri, 05 Oct 2018 21:45:40 +0200 from Diaspora

It's kind of fantastic. 30 years old, badly stored tapes can usually be read without problems. (most turbo tapes are also fine).

OS/2 Museum: A Soundcard before it's time

Harald Eilertsen

Thu, 23 Aug 2018 08:25:12 +0200

A mysterious full-length sound card recently arrived at the OS/2 Museum. It was clearly manufactured by IBM in 1985, and sports a 20 MHz Texas Instrument TMS32010 DSP (...) The FRU P/N 15F8511 of the card leads to the IBM SpeechViewer adapter. The SpeechViewer was announced in late 1988, which matches the FCC ID, but not the card itself.

An interesting mystery.

http://www.os2museum.com/wp/a-sound-card-before-its-time/

!Retro Computing #IBM #computer #history

Computer history

Riving - a Viking-age woodworking technique

Harald Eilertsen

Tue, 24 Jul 2018 14:01:13 +0200

Viking-age smiths used the process known as riving to reduce a tree trunk to planks or to other useful articles. Rather than sawing the wood, they split it. As a result, the grain of the wood follows the piece being fabricated, creating a much stronger item than if it had been sawn. It's one of several reasons why thin-hulled Viking ships could withstand the rough seas of the North Atlantic. The process repeatedly splits the log, first into halves, then quarters, then eighths

http://www.hurstwic.org/history/articles/manufacturing/text/viking_woodworking_riving.htm

#crafts #history #VikingAge

Crafts History Viking age

Harald Eilertsen

harald@hub.volse.no