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01-12-2007, 06:09 AM

Posted By: Jim ClarkeThought this might make a good post since we are are using a computor here on the chat board and Ebay. Without the computor, card prices would be 75% less in my eyes and card shows would still be going on every weekend. Picture from 1954 Popular Mechanics Magazine.... read the caption and marvel. <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1168524556.JPG">

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01-12-2007, 06:13 AM

Posted By: markis that to steer the computer ship so you can have dinner at night. Just think what the computer will look like in 2057. Probably implanted in your eye and work off the brain. Don't laugh, it may happen.

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01-12-2007, 06:15 AM

Posted By: FrankSutton<a href="http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp</a>

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01-12-2007, 06:17 AM

Posted By: Jason L"Set a course for carriage return and a long letter to Aunt Bea!" "Aye aye, Captain!"

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01-12-2007, 06:24 AM

Posted By: barrysloateThat's a terrific picture and I too wonder what that steering wheel does. I guess that is why Bill Gates is the richest man in the world; he had the foresight to realize everyone could have their own personal computer and it would become as ubiquitous as a TV set. Anyone remember the movie "Desk Set", with Hepburn and Tracy, made in 1957? Tracy had a computer that was half the size of a house, had flashing lights, shook violently, and bellowed smoke, all to produce a single sheet of computer data. Very funny to see it today.

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01-12-2007, 06:50 AM

Posted By: DaveWould be kinda hard to lug that around the airport too...

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01-12-2007, 07:39 AM

Posted By: Jason L-and the battery would burn up more than just your legs if you left it on your lap too long!

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01-12-2007, 07:50 AM

Posted By: DarrenThat thing would be worth it if it could omit reprints and fakes from my ebay searches.

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01-12-2007, 09:20 AM

Posted By: E, DanielThanks for the link Frank, very funny indeed! Daniel

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01-12-2007, 09:48 AM

Posted By: joeThat brings back memories, when I started working with computers in 1960 at Standard Accident Insurance company in Detroit that is the size of the IBM computer we had. We also had the printers, sorters to create the reports. I used to sort 100 trays of IBM punch cards each month to print the monthly reports. The good old days Yeh. Joe Ty Cobb, Spikes flying!

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01-12-2007, 09:59 AM

Posted By: Jim ClarkeMy Dad started with Honeywell in the early 60's and was an electrical engineer. He built a home computor back in the late 70's which I thought was very cool indeed. I never thought it would become a way of life though. WHy did I not buy stock in Home Depot, Micro Soft, and Ebay? I guess I will keep investing in myself being self employeed.... JC

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01-12-2007, 10:49 AM

Posted By: S GrossDarn ......... I knew I shoulda' learned Fortran in college.

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01-12-2007, 11:05 AM

Posted By: Tom Boblittand have not used it since........... <h1>HTML on the other hand.......</h1> Also dropped out of Engineering and got a Business Degree...... Now I work in...... Industrial Engineering....... Things that make you go Hmm.......

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01-12-2007, 11:06 AM

Posted By: Tom Boblittp.s. thanks for exposing that photo as a hoax.....there's so much of that crap floating around the internet.....intent behind the post was good though....

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01-12-2007, 11:12 AM

Posted By: BobTom- I learned Fortran in college also. I was in industrial engineering until my senior year (because my dad was an engineer)when I switched over to being a history and math double major and going to law school. tbob

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01-12-2007, 11:20 AM

Posted By: Tom BoblittAfter the second semester! Of course, actually GOING to class and DOING the homework would have been a better approach but Que Sera Sera.......I'm sure you're glad you made the choice you did at this point as am I.......

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01-12-2007, 12:23 PM

Posted By: Denny WalshWow! That looks like the Engineering Control room on a Submarine. Denny Walsh

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01-12-2007, 12:49 PM

Posted By: peter chaoGuys, When I was going to Berkeley, we had to create stacks of punch cards in order to run a computer program. If the cards were not in the proper order or punched wrong, you had to locate the mistake and re-order or re-punch the cards. To say the least, it was a pain in the... At any rate, I figured that if computers were that cumbersome to use...it would never be that useful. Boy was I wrong on that trend. <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14> Peter

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01-12-2007, 01:20 PM

Posted By: Rich KleinOf Election Coverage in 1960 on CBS; they mention the computer a few times and let's just say that it was kind of bigger than what we use today without the same "juice" Let's not have any talk of whether you preferred Kennedy or Nixon in that election -- <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14> Rich

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01-13-2007, 03:23 PM

Posted By: fkwHa ha, the photo is a fake, I already sent it to my brother and mom. Now what <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14> Oh well it is funny though, and could have been true.

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01-13-2007, 03:44 PM

Posted By: JoannYeah punch cards were a pain - especially if you dropped them and had skipped the numbering step. But they had the advantage that different people could work on different programming loops quickly and put it together by stacking the cards. I took Fortran in the summer one year in college so it was accelerated, and we routinely split the assignments that way. What's funny is that I remember thinking that the punch card machine was really, really automated and that that was so cool. Duh. Joann