[HN Gopher] The Story of Mel, A Real Programmer, Annotated (1996)
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       The Story of Mel, A Real Programmer, Annotated (1996)
        
       The annotations are at https://users.cs.utah.edu/~elb/folklore/mel-
       annotated/node2.....
        
       Author : fanf2
       Score  : 28 points
       Date   : 2025-07-12 14:42 UTC (3 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (users.cs.utah.edu)
 (TXT) w3m dump (users.cs.utah.edu)
        
       | ksenzee wrote:
       | It's almost time for someone to annotate these 1996 annotations
       | to explain "hard disks" and "floppy disks."
        
       | andybak wrote:
       | If only hyperlinks were a thing...
        
         | dang wrote:
         | Possibly this edition predates the web. The page has 1996 on it
         | but could well have been created before then.
         | 
         | I've replaced the submitted URL
         | (https://users.cs.utah.edu/~elb/folklore/mel-annotated/mel-
         | an...) with the Story part, and added the Annotations part to
         | the top text. Maybe that'll help.
        
       | anteloper wrote:
       | what a fantastic read
        
       | dang wrote:
       | It's been a while since we had a Mel thread. (It's good for the
       | classics to reappear from time to time, especially for newer
       | cohorts of users.)
       | 
       | Related past discussions--others?
       | 
       |  _94 years ago today - Hacker legend Mel Kaye was born_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42695655 - Jan 2025 (1
       | comment)
       | 
       |  _The Story of Mel (1983)_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38981958 - Jan 2024 (2
       | comments)
       | 
       |  _The Story of Mel (1983)_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37131315 - Aug 2023 (4
       | comments)
       | 
       |  _Mel Kaye - CV_ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36188537
       | - June 2023 (2 comments)
       | 
       |  _Show HN: We found the grave of hacking legend Mel Kaye_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36031476 - May 2023 (2
       | comments)
       | 
       |  _Show HN: 40th Anniversary - Who are you, Mel Kaye?_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36019424 - May 2023 (4
       | comments)
       | 
       |  _LGP-30 found in basement, the same model of drum computer
       | programmed by "Mel"_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33514399 - Nov 2022 (53
       | comments)
       | 
       |  _Mel 's Hack - The Missing Bits_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33392127 - Oct 2022 (48
       | comments)
       | 
       |  _The Story of Mel (1983)_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32395589 - Aug 2022 (167
       | comments)
       | 
       |  _Mel 's Loop - A Comprehensive Guide to The Story of Mel_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31458048 - May 2022 (2
       | comments)
       | 
       |  _The Story of Mel (1983)_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20671031 - Aug 2019 (3
       | comments)
       | 
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20489273 (July 2019 -
       | classic comment by YeGoblynQueenne)
       | 
       |  _LGP-30 - A Drum Computer of Significance_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20484330 - July 2019 (39
       | comments)
       | 
       |  _A Real Programmer: The Story of Mel (1983)_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19283255 - March 2019 (2
       | comments)
       | 
       |  _The Story of Mel, a Real Programmer (1983)_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11820569 - June 2016 (4
       | comments)
       | 
       |  _The Story of Mel Explained_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9913835 - July 2015 (25
       | comments)
       | 
       |  _The Story of Mel (1983)_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9017099 - Feb 2015 (8
       | comments)
       | 
       |  _The Story Of Mel_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7869771 - June 2014 (77
       | comments)
       | 
       |  _Mel the programmer was a real person_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1155322 - Feb 2010 (16
       | comments)
       | 
       |  _The story of Mel (1983)_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=678999 - June 2009 (22
       | comments)
       | 
       |  _The story of Mel, a Real Programmer_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=181144 - May 2008 (9
       | comments)
        
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