Debugging computers in the 1950s sounds like it wasn’t an easy task. That’s one of the interesting facts from this fascinating talk by [Guy Fedorkow] about the Whirlwind, one of the first ...

But before even those transistor-based computers is a retrocomputing era rarely touched on: the era of programmable vacuum tube machines. [Mike] has gone back to the 1950s with this computer which ...

What computers looked like in the 1950s and 60s (hint: HUGE) Credit: Jennifer Brett Dr. William F. Atchison, head of the electronic computer center at Georgia Tech, on March 29, 1959.

In the late 1950s, an anonymous IBM employee made a lady from the pages of Esquire come to life on the screen of a $238 million military computer.

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In the 1950s, a Broadway play tackled the fear that “electronic brains” would automate humans out of jobs.

Computer and the Mind of Man, Part 1, Logic by Machine (1950) Posted: March 14, 2025 | Last updated: March 26, 2025. Explores the transformative impact of computers on human thought and society.

They got their start in the 1950s, as computers became more widespread and more powerful. The very first OSes augmented the mundane, manual task of loading programs by hand.

BOZEMAN (AP) - A 1950s computer, with less memory than a musical greeting card, was donated to the American Computer Museum here. "Here comes the beast," said museum director George Keremedjiev ...

ALBANY. The computer programming code used to process non-financial transactions for the state’s $160 billion pension fund dates back to when Hawaii and Alaska first became states, according to ...