Hackaday

Retro Computer Goes Back To The 1950s

When thinking of retrocomputing, many of us will imagine machines such as the Commodore 64 or Apple II. These computers were very popular and have plenty of parts and documentation available. Fewer ...
Hackaday

Debugging A 1950s Computer Sounds Like A Pain

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 digital ...
Chicago Tribune

Coping with computers, circa 1950s

Who’s smarter: humans or machines? Find out in the ’50s romantic comedy “The Desk Set,” the first show of Summer Place Theatre’s season. The production runs from Friday to June 22 at Naperville ...
New Atlas

World's oldest digital computer restored to life at age 60

The Harwell Dekatron computer is a 1950s computer having roughly the weight and size of a Hummer H3 and the computing power of a four-function pocket calculator. Having been restored to its original ...
Engadget

Listen to a 1950s era computer sing 'Jingle Bells'

Here's a new version of Jingle Bells you won't hear played in malls, and it's courtesy of one of the oldest computers in history. Turing archive director Jack Copeland and composer Jason Long have ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

#TBT! What computers looked like in the 1950s and 60s (hint: HUGE)

"FINALLY," I huffed when the iPhone SE launched. The thought of trading from my 5s to the 6, or even worse that ginormous 6-plus, was giving me the vapors. I usually have my MacBook Pro with me as ...
Billings Gazette

1950s computer given to museum

BOZEMAN - 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 Friday, as ...
Missoulian

Huge 1950s computer donated to computer museumPosted 9:25 a.m. October 13

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 Friday ...
The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus

Computer models came about in the 1950s

They've been around along time but have only been useful in recent years. Meteorology took a step forward in the 1950s when high-speed computers were developed to solve mathematical equations that ...
ExtremeTech

Redditor Finds Ultra-Rare Refrigerator-Sized 1950s-Era Computer in Basement

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Democrat and Chronicle

Audit: State pension fund using computer code from the 1950s

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 a state audit ...