Do you remember how the early computers looked like and how they operated? Here they are! Interesting though, we used these computers to make first flights into space and they all seemed very modern and hi-tech. Now a mobile phone can process data much faster than these computers.
NEAC 2203, 1960
ENIAC Tubes, 1944 ENIAC – Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
Punch Card and Model 077 Collator, 1937
WISC Dial, 1955 WISC – Wisconsin Integrally Synchronized Computer,
SAGE, 1954 SAGE – Semi-Automatic Ground Environment
ENIAC Wiring, 1944
Johnniac, 1954
PDP-8, 1965
Philco 212 Transistor Boards, 1962
Ferrite Ring
IBM 360 Tape Drives, 1968
CDC 6600, Control Data Corporation’s 6600
CDC 160A Button Array, 1962
IBM 7030 Stretch, 1961
Neiman Marcus Kitchen Computer, 1969
Commodore 64 Home Computer Keyboard, 1982
Osborne 1 Portable Computer, 1981
Cray-3 Bundles, 1993
Apple I, 1976
If you include the Aplle I and the Commodore…….then I kinda miss the Sinclairs