http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.pnghttp://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/Brian Beckman: A Brief History of Computinghttp://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/en-usFri, 27 Jun 2008 02:01:16 GMTFri, 27 Jun 2008 02:01:16 GMTEvNet (EvNet, Version=1.0.3599.6114, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)<P>That was pretty cool. I did something similar using Wpf&nbsp; - took a couple weekends</P> <P><A href="http://www.limpidfox.com/hp97.htm">http://www.limpidfox.com/hp97.htm</A></P> <P>&nbsp;</P>http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=412282Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:01:16 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=4122820http://channel9.msdn.com/412282/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0That was pretty cool. I did something similar using Wpf&nbsp; - took a couple weekends http://www.limpidfox.com/hp97.htm &nbsp;mike02030http://channel9.msdn.com/412282/Trackback.aspxGreat video! Dr. Beckman, you're awesome! :Dhttp://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=397588Sat, 05 Apr 2008 05:39:45 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=3975880http://channel9.msdn.com/397588/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Great video! Dr. Beckman, you're awesome! :DYankee0http://channel9.msdn.com/397588/Trackback.aspxDear Dr. Beckman,<br><br>we are having a very long thread on the MFC newsgroup about <b>floating point</b> numbers, precisions, how to compare them, discussions about significant digits, why "<i>25/30*30 - 1</i>" is not 0 in float, how to increase precision, etc.<br><br>Could you please use your talent for teaching and explaining things and your math knowledge and background to discuss in a Channel9 interview about topics like floating point numbers, how computers store them, how to *<b>correctly</b>* manage them, how can we use arbitrary precision (if possible), difference between <i>Decimal</i> and <i>Float</i>, how Windows calculator works, a <i>BIGNUM</i> class, etc. ?<br><br>Thank you very much<br>Gio<br><br>http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=357953Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:34:03 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=3579530http://channel9.msdn.com/357953/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Dear Dr. Beckman,we are having a very long thread on the MFC newsgroup about floating point numbers, precisions, how to compare them, discussions about significant digits, why "25/30*30 - 1" is not 0 in float, how to increase precision, etc.Could you please use your talent for teaching and&#8230;Sys647380http://channel9.msdn.com/357953/Trackback.aspx<P>Dr. Beckman: you're really a <STRONG>ROCK-STAR</STRONG>!<BR><BR>(You must have&nbsp;a big talent for <STRONG>teaching</STRONG>, for explaining things...)</P> <P>Thank you <STRONG>very much</STRONG> for the time you took from your busy schedule, to offer us such a great video!<BR><BR>Thanks also to the Channel 9 interviewer.<BR><BR>I'm looking forward to download the historical-HP emulator code.<BR><BR>BTW#1: the RPC notation is also used in more modern HPs like HP49, and you are right: it's great!<BR><BR>BTW#2: Is there any reason to develop&nbsp;the emulator GUI&nbsp;using WinForm and not WPF? Speed of execution? <BR><BR>Greetings from Italy</P> <P>Giovanni<BR></P> <P>&nbsp;</P>http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=353384Sun, 16 Sep 2007 17:58:19 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=3533840http://channel9.msdn.com/353384/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Dr. Beckman: you're really a ROCK-STAR!(You must have&nbsp;a big talent for teaching, for explaining things...) Thank you very much for the time you took from your busy schedule, to offer us such a great video!Thanks also to the Channel 9 interviewer.I'm looking forward to download the&#8230;Sys647380http://channel9.msdn.com/353384/Trackback.aspxI'm hoping to update the code to VB9 "real soon now." When I do, I plan to release it. I'll keep y'all posted.http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=352839Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:44:49 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=3528390http://channel9.msdn.com/352839/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0I'm hoping to update the code to VB9 "real soon now." When I do, I plan to release it. I'll keep y'all posted.brianbec0http://channel9.msdn.com/352839/Trackback.aspxany idea where to get the simulator app that he demoed..? it would be nice to have a play with<br>http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=352540Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:47:41 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=3525400http://channel9.msdn.com/352540/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0any idea where to get the simulator app that he demoed..? it would be nice to have a play withmartin_lovick0http://channel9.msdn.com/352540/Trackback.aspxI really like stuff like this. Since I am watching Channel 9 for hours on end (while I am working) I am through anything that peaks my interest and almost anything that doesn't.&nbsp; <br><br>There really should be a Brian Beckman show (and also a Jeffrey Snover and Scott Guthrie show for that matter. although you probably should let him have a long vacation first! he looks like a two year crunch at least) <br><br>Well and since I am at it already: THANK YOU Charles!<br>http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=351830Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:14:35 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=3518300http://channel9.msdn.com/351830/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0I really like stuff like this. Since I am watching Channel 9 for hours on end (while I am working) I am through anything that peaks my interest and almost anything that doesn't.&nbsp; There really should be a Brian Beckman show (and also a Jeffrey Snover and Scott Guthrie show for that matter.&#8230;Apogeum0http://channel9.msdn.com/351830/Trackback.aspxGreat video! I really like all of Brianbec's stuffs. :-) If you have a guy at Microsoft with such deep knowledge of computing and calculators, why did not you implement the sqrt function in the scientific mode of Windows calculator?&nbsp;Anybody noticed it's available in normal mode only? :Dhttp://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=351826Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:52:59 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=3518260http://channel9.msdn.com/351826/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Great video! I really like all of Brianbec's stuffs. :-) If you have a guy at Microsoft with such deep knowledge of computing and calculators, why did not you implement the sqrt function in the scientific mode of Windows calculator?&nbsp;Anybody noticed it's available in normal mode only? :Dakopacsi0http://channel9.msdn.com/351826/Trackback.aspxI like astronomy and physics... we need more of it :) Nice work guys!http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=351611Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:26:22 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=3516110http://channel9.msdn.com/351611/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0I like astronomy and physics... we need more of it :) Nice work guys!Christian Liensberger0http://channel9.msdn.com/351611/Trackback.aspxI loved every minute of it! Keep going Brian, please!<BR><BR>@Charles: I just found the tag, great idea!http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=351544Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:01:38 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=3515440http://channel9.msdn.com/351544/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0I loved every minute of it! Keep going Brian, please!@Charles: I just found the tag, great idea!ilmar0http://channel9.msdn.com/351544/Trackback.aspxI have been watching the first 8 minutes and I can't stop anymore... Wonderful! I hope he's still speaking very long about missing mass and dark matter...http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=351517Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:40:58 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=3515170http://channel9.msdn.com/351517/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0I have been watching the first 8 minutes and I can't stop anymore... Wonderful! I hope he's still speaking very long about missing mass and dark matter...Christian Liensberger0http://channel9.msdn.com/351517/Trackback.aspxGlad you liked this! I&nbsp;know I sure did.<BR><BR>Brian is <EM>very</EM> busy, so I can't promise a regular show (as you can imagine, his team relies on his engineering&nbsp;skills to ship products)... However, as you see, I've given him <a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/tags/Brian+Beckman>his own tag</a> :) When time permits and good topics arise (no problems here!), you will see more Brian on C9. <BR><BR>We're lucky to have him at Microsoft.<BR><BR>Chttp://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=350804Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:52:13 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=3508040http://channel9.msdn.com/350804/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Glad you liked this! I&nbsp;know I sure did.Brian is very busy, so I can't promise a regular show (as you can imagine, his team relies on his engineering&nbsp;skills to ship products)... However, as you see, I've given him his own tag :) When time permits and good topics arise (no problems here!),&#8230;Charles0http://channel9.msdn.com/350804/Trackback.aspx<P>Nice interview.</P> <P>I actually wrote my first program on the HP calculator with memory cards around 1980.</P> <P>Brings back memories of a similar kind,&nbsp;in 1983 I was in high school and wrote a simulator&nbsp;of a NORD-100 (mini computer from Norsk Data)&nbsp;using Microsoft MBasic (when Microsoft was a somewhat more modest outfit) that ran on a MP/M terminal based Mycron machine running a 80186 processor.<BR><BR>Øystein </P>http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=350783Mon, 03 Sep 2007 21:49:00 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=3507830http://channel9.msdn.com/350783/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Nice interview. I actually wrote my first program on the HP calculator with memory cards around 1980. Brings back memories of a similar kind,&nbsp;in 1983 I was in high school and wrote a simulator&nbsp;of a NORD-100 (mini computer from Norsk Data)&nbsp;using Microsoft MBasic (when Microsoft was a&#8230;vzczc0http://channel9.msdn.com/350783/Trackback.aspxLoved that!http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=350711Mon, 03 Sep 2007 11:22:41 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=3507110http://channel9.msdn.com/350711/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Loved that!BillP0http://channel9.msdn.com/350711/Trackback.aspx<P>That was a nice video ....</P> <P>cool staff </P>http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=350662Sun, 02 Sep 2007 21:39:07 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=3506620http://channel9.msdn.com/350662/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0That was a nice video .... cool staff liridon shala0http://channel9.msdn.com/350662/Trackback.aspxIt's one of&nbsp;the shortest hours on Channel 9.http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=350638Sun, 02 Sep 2007 18:07:22 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=3506380http://channel9.msdn.com/350638/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0It's one of&nbsp;the shortest hours on Channel 9.crollins0http://channel9.msdn.com/350638/Trackback.aspxAwesome! I really loved this one. We need more!http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=350564Sun, 02 Sep 2007 02:10:14 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=3505640http://channel9.msdn.com/350564/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Awesome! I really loved this one. We need more!Chris Pietschmann0http://channel9.msdn.com/350564/Trackback.aspxI loved that.http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=350541Sat, 01 Sep 2007 20:16:13 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=3505410http://channel9.msdn.com/350541/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0I loved that.alwaysmc20http://channel9.msdn.com/350541/Trackback.aspxCool video...<br><br>"I for one, would love to see a regular "Brian Beckman" show here on C9." <br>At least, he has allready his own tag.<br>http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=350531Sat, 01 Sep 2007 18:05:56 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=3505310http://channel9.msdn.com/350531/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Cool video..."I for one, would love to see a regular "Brian Beckman" show here on C9." At least, he has allready his own tag.GamlerHart0http://channel9.msdn.com/350531/Trackback.aspxExcellent title, absolutely excellent!http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=350528Sat, 01 Sep 2007 17:50:02 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=3505280http://channel9.msdn.com/350528/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0Excellent title, absolutely excellent!vesuvius0http://channel9.msdn.com/350528/Trackback.aspxgreat stuff<br>http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=350460Sat, 01 Sep 2007 09:59:27 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=3504600http://channel9.msdn.com/350460/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0great stuffmartin_lovick0http://channel9.msdn.com/350460/Trackback.aspx<P>More Brian Beckman! This is so awesome.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>I cant thank both you, Charle, and Brian, for all good shows :D</P>http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=350443Sat, 01 Sep 2007 07:15:51 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=3504430http://channel9.msdn.com/350443/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0More Brian Beckman! This is so awesome. &nbsp; I cant thank both you, Charle, and Brian, for all good shows :DChadk0http://channel9.msdn.com/350443/Trackback.aspx<P>I for one, would love to see a regular "Brian Beckman" show here on C9.<BR><BR>Just a quick note, tried to stream this and I was having some problems, then I went to download it. Isn't 1.2 gigs a bit large for an hours worth of video?<BR><BR>Now don't get me wrong, it's Brian Beckman, I truly feel like you could just film that guy ordering lunch and somehow I'd learn...., so I'll download it size be damned :)</P>http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=350431Sat, 01 Sep 2007 04:41:38 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=3504310http://channel9.msdn.com/350431/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0I for one, would love to see a regular "Brian Beckman" show here on C9.Just a quick note, tried to stream this and I was having some problems, then I went to download it. Isn't 1.2 gigs a bit large for an hours worth of video?Now don't get me wrong, it's Brian Beckman, I truly feel like you could&#8230;Cavan0http://channel9.msdn.com/350431/Trackback.aspxThat was fun :)http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=350417Sat, 01 Sep 2007 02:56:11 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Brian-Beckman-A-Brief-History-of-Computing/?CommentID=3504170http://channel9.msdn.com/350417/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0That was fun :)Jonathan Merriweather0http://channel9.msdn.com/350417/Trackback.aspx