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Gallery of Early Computers (1940s – 1960s)
- holri 8y agoIn response to the "Whirlwind" Heinz Zemanek built the "Mailüfterl" in Vienna at that time. "Mailüfterl" is a Viennese slang word for a very soft breeze that is typical in May in Vienna. The understatement parody hint of this naming is also typical Viennese humor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail%C3%BCfterl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail%C3%BCfterl
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- crustycoder 8y agoAnd no mention of the world's first stored computer, the one Alan Turing wrote code for: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Baby https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Baby
- jonsen 8y agoPlease note that these are just a sample; there are plenty we didn’t include (in order to make this a blog post and not a book ).
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- teddyh 8y agoNone of the images are shown, due to mixed-content rotection, since this page uses (and redirects to) HTTPS, but the links to the images are HTTP links. (What is extra silly is that the image links themselves redirect to HTTPS!)
- antt 8y agoThe Eastern Block computers are completely missing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computing_in_the_Soviet_Union#Early_history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computing_in_the_So... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computer_hardware_in_Soviet_Bloc_countries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computer_hardware_i... Probably the most interesting: http://www.computer-museum.ru/english/setun.htm http://www.computer-museum.ru/english/setun.htm
- jmclnx 8y agoI did not realize the H200 was that old, that was the system we had the first computer class I ever took. The school got it for free from Honeywell.
- netman21 8y agoWas hoping to see the LINC-8, my first computer. That came out in 1964 as a commercial offering meant for labs.