{"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 183 - A Digital Gap?","slug":"episode-183-a-digital-gap","published_at":"2026-05-31T21:04:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/advent-of-computing-497186/episode-183-a-digital-gap","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/advent-of-computing-497186","url":"https://adventofcomputing.libsyn.com/episode-183-a-digital-gap","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/adventofcomputing/ep183_digital_gap.mp3?dest-id=1206722","summary":"I've been browsing old compur surveys and trying to build up a comprehensive data set. What I've found is a little surprising: between late 1945 and 1949 only 10 new computers entered service. Once we get to the 50s that number explodes. What's going on here? What caused the gap between the first digital machines and the explosion of computers in the 50s? In this episode I try to answer that question by finding out just what was going on during this digital gap. Like Advent of Computing? Then check out the after show! Adjunct of Computing is now LIVE: YouTube Spotify Apple Podcasts","meta_description":"I've been browsing old compur surveys and trying to build up a comprehensive data set. What I've found is a little surprising: between late 1945 and 1949…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3298,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/advent-of-computing-497186/episodes/episode-183-a-digital-gap/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-183-a-digital-gap.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}