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They would have only just seen computers. The first "practical" home computers became available in 1977, and even that is stretching the definition of the word
by LeoPanthera 4y ago
They would have only just seen computers. The first "practical" home computers became available in 1977, and even that is stretching the definition of the word "practical".
Mainframe computing had obviously been around for a while before that, but the general public would not have been aware of it.
- kwhitefoot 4y ago> Mainframe computing had obviously been around for a while before that, but the general public would not have been aware of it. Nonsense. Of course the general public knew of computers. When I was 14, in 1969, we had a high school computer club. We used the terminal room at the local college to connect to a Leasco mainframe in London. I still have the Basic reference card somewhere. The LEO1 was in use in 1951 to perform calculation for baking in factories and stock control. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LEO_(computer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LEO_(computer)