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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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