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Introduction to Humanities Computing
Spring 1999
Lecture Three
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Introduction to Humanities Computing
François Lachance
416 326-2524 (o)TSH 205 (drop off)
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Acronym Acrobatics
ASCIIchunk
HTTP/HTMLpair
WIMP/GUIquestion
PCMCIAinvent
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E-mail Pointers
Address your notes Sign your notes Give context Quoting other notes
Don’t quote too much Use carriage returns Reread before sending
Francois
You asked:
> Have you done your
> homework? :-)
Yes, I have.
John Dogood
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System UnitMotherboard
CPU (Central Processing Unit)RAM
Hard Drive and Floppy Drive
Power Supply
Daughterboards Keyboard Monitor Peripherals
Parts of the Computer
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Review - Types of StorageStorage
Permanent Temporary
ROM
Removable Fixed
Hard DriveFloppy
CD-ROM
RAM
Magneto-Optical
Storage typically measured in K (Kilobytes) or MB (Megabytes)
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Letters to bytes via bits
“A” 1 Byte01000001
off.on.off.o
ff.off.o
ff.off.o
n
Floppy DiskCD-ROM
Laser
(8 Bits)
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Brief History of Computing
Types of Histories Babbage and Lovelace ENIAC Altair Apple IBM PC
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Types of Histories
Mathematics Calculating Machines Business Processes Electronics - Transistors Media (Art and Cinema) People and Companies Humanities Computing
al-Kharazmi
Alan Turing
Business
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Babbage and Lovelace Charles Babbage (1791-1871) Difference Engine 1834 Analytical Engine
Programmable (Cards)
Mechanical Ada Lovelace
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Babbage and Lovelace
Bruce Sterling & William GibsonThe Difference Engine
Sadie PlantZeros + Ones
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ENIAC
Mauchly and Eckert - 1943 proposal to Army ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and
Computer) working in 1945 (after the war) von Neumann - EDVAC Transistor invented in 1947 ICs - Integrated Circuits
Printer
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ENIAC Pictures
Programming with switches
Engineers
The initiating and cycling units of ENIAC
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Altair - the Microcomputer Intel 4004 Microprocessor 1969 MITS - Altair Uses the Intel 8080 Cover of Popular Electronics Jan. 1975 MITS hires Allen (and Gates) 1973 Kildall creates CP/M
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Apple
Steve Wozniak (the Woz) Steven Jobs Homebrew Computer Club Apple I - MOS 6502 chip 1976 Mike Markkula bought in 1977 the Apple II 1984 the Macintosh
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IBM PC
Built on the Intel 8088 Operating System from Microsoft (and others)
Put together with existing components Open to cards and software Released in 1981
An IBM Clone
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Key Innovations
Calculating device General Purpose Device - Programmability Digital Device Electrical Device Integrated Circuits - Transistors Interface from Commands to GUI Multiuser/Shared Computer to Personal
Computer
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Histories
Computer Journalism The Media’s Fascination Science Fiction Computer Clubs Academic Computing
Humanist discussion listhttp://www.princeton.edu/~mccarty/humanist/index.html
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Archives
Humanist discussion listhttp://www.princeton.edu/~mccarty/humanist/index.html