By Linda Garrould — Reviewed 7 June 2026 A little trip down memory lane, and a small piece of computing history worth recording. Sorting through some old IT kit recently I came across an IBM AS/400 Softcopy Library CD-ROM — and it took me straight back to the late 1980s and early 1990s, when the … Read more
I like to use my blog to bring important titles about technology and Computer Science to your attention. Alan Turing: The Enigma: The Book That Inspired the Film The Imitation Game has become a new bestseller. produced by Andrew Hodges is currently in the bestsellers on chart on Amazon UK so I thought it was time to feature it.
By Linda Garrould — Reviewed 7 June 2026 Sorting through a box of old floppy disks recently, I came across one that isn’t a floppy disk at all: an original IBM 3.5-inch solar-powered calculator, shaped and coloured to look exactly like a standard 3.5″ diskette. I was given it at an IBM event back in … Read more