MIT CSAIL Professor Hal Abelson emphasizes the importance of free software for securing our agency in our digital worlds. His project, App Inventor, enables anyone to create apps without coding. He also discusses free software freedoms, the book 'Blown to Bits', and the importance of privacy and data provenance in today's digital age.
- Discussion about a dedicated timesharing system called SITS (Small Incompatible Timesharing System) used for running Logo and other PDP11/45 programs.
- Mentions of various software and tools such as DDT, Salv, Tinté editor, LISP11, Macro assembler, Link linker, Spacewar, etc.
- Discussion about the General Turtle 2500 standalone Logo machine and its possible use of SITS.
- Mention of a special Logo keyboard similar to Knight or Space-cadet keyboards that may have been used with raster displays.
- Comments on running SITS' Salv to initialize an empty disk, reading files from paper tape using RUG, and starting the system sphere
- Mentions of various software and tools such as DDT, Salv, Tinté editor, LISP11, Macro assembler, Link linker, Spacewar, etc.
- Discussion about the General Turtle 2500 standalone Logo machine and its possible use of SITS.
- Mention of a special Logo keyboard similar to Knight or Space-cadet keyboards that may have been used with raster displays.
- Comments on running SITS' Salv to initialize an empty disk, reading files from paper tape using RUG, and starting the system sphere
