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First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Nov 2012
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Pretty cool pics of early computers!
On 11/30/12 12:26 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:48:19 -0500, ESAD wrote:
On 11/30/12 1:03 AM, JustWait wrote:
I remember boxes of cards in our house. Hell, I made forts with them. I
was a bit young, probably 6-8 when my mom ran the town school
"computer"... It was in two air conditioned classrooms and had the big
sorting machine with the with the cards running through.
Well, that certainly explains your vast knowledge of "things computer."
It was the typical understanding everyone had of an EAM room. There
were lots of big gray boxes but the sorter was the most interesting to
look at because you could really see something happening. (in spite of
that being the simplest machine in the room)
This is why that is always the images you see on old movies.
By a like token, if you look at a "computer room" images they always
show tape drives. (again, one of the simplest boxes in the room)
The first computer I ever saw "up close and personal" was in the offices
of an NGO. I knew what it was, but I had no idea what its purpose was.
It was behind glass walls on a raised floor, and it was surrounded by
acolytes, several of whom were carrying holy clipboards.
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