IBM Built the Cold War’s Most Powerful Code Breaker for the NSA
The full dossier on Harvest (IBM 7950), the NSA's secret cryptanalytic supercomputer from 1962 to 1976, reconstructed from declassified NARA records.
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Everything IRZ spotted
Sources from the daily watch, kept even when they do not become stories. More yellow means a stronger IRZ fit.
August 2026
7Native SMB3 Client Brings Modern NAS Access To 20-Year-Old PowerPC Macs
AquaLink connects Tiger- and Leopard-era PowerPC Macs to modern SMB3 NAS devices through libsmb2 and a local WebDAV bridge.
Magnetic Tape Storage Technology
The reference survey of magnetic tape storage, crediting IBM's 7955 Tractor as the first automated tape library, thirty years before broad adoption.
From Selecting to Making: When Architects Become Material Producers
Three European practices — Material Cultures, BC architects, Studio Ossidiana — now own the growing, excavating and formulating of their own building materials.
Materials library: Material Cultures
Gormley, Islam and Massoud walk through a live crate-based materials library and the bio-based literacy gaps running through UK supply chains.
Computer Development: StorageTek
The Cryptologic Museum exhibit linking Harvest's Tractor tape library to the robotic storage silos that later became data-center standards.
Concept — We transform bioregional and urban waste streams into circular building materials
BC architects' production arm formalizes five activities, from bespoke mixes to the Léém standard brand, with craftsman training in between.