{"podcast":{"title":"Advent of Computing","slug":"advent-of-computing-497186","podcast_index_feed_id":497186,"rss_url":"https://adventofcomputing.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://adventofcomputing.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/4/e/2/5/4e25bc8089f88907/logo5.png","author":"Sean S Haas","episode_count":199,"summary":"Welcome to Advent of Computing, the show that talks about the shocking, intriguing, and all too often relevant history of computing. A lot of little things we take for granted today have rich stories behind their creation, in each episode we will learn how older tech has lead to our modern world.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/advent-of-computing-497186"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 161 - The IAS Machine","slug":"episode-161-the-ias-machine","published_at":"2025-07-13T22:04:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/advent-of-computing-497186/episode-161-the-ias-machine","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/advent-of-computing-497186","url":"https://adventofcomputing.libsyn.com/episode-161-the-ias-machine","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/adventofcomputing/ep161_ias_machine.mp3?dest-id=1206722","summary":"The first batch of digital computers emerge directly following WWII. The hallmark of this generation is uniqueness: no two computers are the same. However, there is a machine that bucks that trend. The IAS Machine, built in Princeton in the late 1940s, served as the inspiration for at least a dozen later computers. But how similar were these Princeton-class computers? What exactly was so special about the IAS Machine? And how does good 'ol Johnny von Neumann get tied up in all of this? The Eastern Boarder map fundraiser Selected Sources: Bigelow Oral History - https://www.si.edu/media/NMAH/NMAH-AC0196_bige710120.pdf Prelin IAS Machine Report - https://www.ias.edu/sites/default/files/library/Prelim_Disc_Logical_Design.pdf","meta_description":"The first batch of digital computers emerge directly following WWII. The hallmark of this generation is uniqueness: no two computers are the same. However…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3798,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/advent-of-computing-497186/episodes/episode-161-the-ias-machine/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/advent-of-computing-497186/episode-161-the-ias-machine.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}