In the 1950s, computers were, for the most part, ponderous machines. But one machine offered a glimpse of the future. The Volscan was probably the first real air traffic computer designed to ...

When we talk about a “computer” today, we generally picture an electronic machine that can perform various kinds of mathematical operations, manage its program flow, move data from one place ...

With its bank of blinking lights and 6,000 manual switches, it looked like something we'd associate with a 1950s science fiction ... with helping to start the computer age, fueled the public's ...