We Run 40 Year Old Code on a Computer From 1963!
This episode was initially planned to be just about the Friden Flexowriter, but we got a little carried away and actually flipped the switch on the computer! Check out Sean Haas here: https://adventofcomputing.com/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... https://open.spotify.com/episode/2JOm... • Episode 151 - The Friden Flexowriter If you want to support the channel please hop over to Patreon: / usagielectric Join us on Twitch Friday nights at 2130 CST: / usagielectric Also, we now have some epic shirts for sale! https://my-store-11554688.creator-spr... Come join us on Discord! Discord: / discord Thanks for watching! Chapters 0:00 Welcome back to the LGP-21 2:10 The “monitor and keyboard” of the LGP-21 4:28 Tearing down the Flexowriter (also, check out Advent of Computing!) 6:23 The power roller on the Flexowriter is rough… 9:28 Time to throw some electrons at the Flexowriter 12:32 Taking the Flexowriter for a test drive (CM) 16:20 Making new cables 18:43 Hang on a second while we go to the Moon! 19:23 Getting everything sorted for a full power up 20:56 Will it work? 24:18 What’s next? 26:10 Sleepy bunny!

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