That gives even more reason to study the history of CS. Even artists study contemporary art from the last few decades. Given the pace of CS (like you mentioned

That gives even more reason to study the history of CS. Even artists study contemporary art from the last few decades. Given the pace of CS (like you mentioned) 50 years might as well be centuries and so early computing devices and solutions are worth studying to understand how the technology has evolved and what lessons we can learn and what we can discard.