Volume 8 , Issue 2

Remember Those Days of Fortan & RAND Computers...

"This picture may be before you knew what a computer was or probably before some of you were born! This picture is from the 1954 Popular Mechanics Magazine.

1954 Article... Scientists from the RAND Corporation have created this model to illustrate how a Home Computer could look like in the year 2004. However, the needed technology will not be feasible for the average home. Also the scientists readily admit that the computer will require not yet invented technolgy to actually work, but 50 years from now scientific progress is expected to solve these problems. With teletype interface and the fortran language, the computer will be easy to use." -- B Lee   |  View or Add Comments (2 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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