[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)
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| 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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