1949 Computer

[PAUL161]

Here's a picture of a IBM Tech building a computer in 1949. That doesn't look too bad after wiring up an old British car, well, maybe just a tad more!

 

[NutmegCT]

"hmm - is it the red wire ... or the blue wire ...?"

 

[PAUL161]

I guess when you bought a computer back then, (aside from the cost) , they gave you a truck just to haul it around! I can't even imagine what those guys would think about what the future would bring and what they started.

 

[mikephillips]

The fact that we can wear as a watch something with way more processing power that a room sized machine back then.

 

[NutmegCT]

A slightly older computer, used to operate the gun turrets on the B-29 beginning in 1943.

The gunners didn't have to touch the guns. > Defending the Superbomber: The B-29’s Central Fire Control System <

Tail turret electro-mechanical computer on our B-29 "Jack's Hack":

 

[equiprx]

"hmm - is it the red wire ... or the blue wire ...?"

NOOOO it's the green wire.

 

[Basil]

Here's a picture of a IBM Tech building a computer in 1949. That doesn't look too bad after wiring up an old British car, well, maybe just a tad more!

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Pretty sure I've mentioned this before. In the 70's I was a maintenance man on the NORAD Sage computer system (IBM Q-7). There were several areas in which a tech could be qualified: Central Computer, Memory, Inputs, Outputs, Tape machines, Printer, computer entry punch, displays and "Plugablle Unit" lab (where we repaired the replaceable "Pluggable Units" when they were replaced with spares. I was qualified in every area by the time I left.

 

[Silverghost]

Pretty sure I've mentioned this before. In the 70's I was a maintenance man on the NORAD Sage computer system (IBM Q-7). There were several areas in which a tech could be qualified: Central Computer, Memory, Inputs, Outputs, Tape machines, Printer, computer entry punch, displays and "Plugablle Unit" lab (where we repaired the replaceable "Pluggable Units" when they were replaced with spares. I was qualified in every area by the time I left.

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Did you ever get to play "A nice game of chess?" IYKYK

 

[DrEntropy]

Here's a picture of a IBM Tech building a computer in 1949. That doesn't look too bad after wiring up an old British car, well, maybe just a tad more!

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My first thought for a caption: "Where's that &*$%# crossover cable?"