Running a Minecraft Server and More on a 1960s Univac Computer
by brilee on 4/18/2026, 12:41:00 PM
https://farlow.dev/2026/04/17/running-a-minecraft-server-and-more-on-a-1960s-univac-computer
Comments
by: Dwedit
"What's My Line" had in-show advertisements for the UNIVAC computer.<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEQlOrPs6fw" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEQlOrPs6fw</a>
4/21/2026, 2:44:45 PM
by: proxysna
What a great write up, and a video too! Even though Minecraft stuff ofc was a bit of a bait, it would be interesting see the answer to "Can it run Doom?".
4/21/2026, 1:05:54 PM
by: mghackerlady
I watched the video when it came out, I've been a fan of his stuff for a while. It'd been a while since he uploaded and I was rewatching some of his videos the night before this was uploaded!
4/21/2026, 2:02:50 PM
by: vaughnegut
Favourite article I've read in a while, what a delight. I wonder what kind of performance you could get if someone hand wrote a dedicated, modern C compiler for it.
4/21/2026, 2:01:53 PM
by: caminanteblanco
Related: <a href="https://github.com/TheScienceElf/UNIVAC-1219" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/TheScienceElf/UNIVAC-1219</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/rU8sCbwB8XU" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/rU8sCbwB8XU</a>
4/21/2026, 1:35:39 PM
by: kaladin-jasnah
Hah, I heard about this at VCF East this year, but didn't get to check out the exhibit. There was another MC server demo running on old Macs IIRC. Shame the event was cut short due to a bomb threat.
4/21/2026, 1:00:06 PM