introduction to humanities computing spring 1999 lecture three
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Introduction to Humanities Computing
Spring 1999
Lecture Three
Introduction to Humanities Computing
François Lachance
416 326-2524 (o)TSH 205 (drop off)
Acronym Acrobatics
ASCIIchunk
HTTP/HTMLpair
WIMP/GUIquestion
PCMCIAinvent
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Francois
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> Have you done your
> homework? :-)
Yes, I have.
John Dogood
System UnitMotherboard
CPU (Central Processing Unit)RAM
Hard Drive and Floppy Drive
Power Supply
Daughterboards Keyboard Monitor Peripherals
Parts of the Computer
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)
Letters to bytes via bits
“A” 1 Byte01000001
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Floppy DiskCD-ROM
Laser
(8 Bits)
Brief History of Computing
Types of Histories Babbage and Lovelace ENIAC Altair Apple IBM PC
Types of Histories
Mathematics Calculating Machines Business Processes Electronics - Transistors Media (Art and Cinema) People and Companies Humanities Computing
al-Kharazmi
Alan Turing
Business
Babbage and Lovelace Charles Babbage (1791-1871) Difference Engine 1834 Analytical Engine
Programmable (Cards)
Mechanical Ada Lovelace
Babbage and Lovelace
Bruce Sterling & William GibsonThe Difference Engine
Sadie PlantZeros + Ones
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
ENIAC Pictures
Programming with switches
Engineers
The initiating and cycling units of ENIAC
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
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
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
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
Histories
Computer Journalism The Media’s Fascination Science Fiction Computer Clubs Academic Computing
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