THE VIDEO SHELF · vintage computing
The IBM 1401 mainframe runs "Edith"
CuriousMarc runs the program 'Edith' on a 1959 IBM 1401 mainframe at the Computer History Museum. The program prints a famous line-printer image on the vintage machine. The video is part retro-computing demo and part joke.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN points to it as a fun, well-known example of line-printer art on early IBM hardware, and to the channel for vintage computing history.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- CuriousMarc
- Topic
- vintage computing
- Format
- demo
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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While much more on the technical side of things, both Ken Shirriff and Curious Marc are great resources for a lot of the historical and technical aspects of things. I'd highly recommend both of them for looking at specific topics of how the computing hardware …
simcop2387 on Hacker News · 2020-04
In Ask HN: What are some great posts or articles about history of computing?Here's a fun IBM line printing video I've discovered thanks to your mention of those: The IBM 1401 mainframe runs "Edith" [VIDEO]
eMGm4D0zgUAVXc7 on Hacker News · 2021-01
In IBM paperweight teardown: Reverse-engineering 1970s memory chips
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