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50 Year Old Computer Still Going

Posted by chrisd on from the not-a-laptop dept.

The Angry Mick writes "Geek.com is running a blurb on a 50 year old CSIRAC computer that is apparently still functional, if lurking in an Australian museum. Sporting a whopping 2K of RAM and screaming along at a blistering 300 khz(!) it proves the adage that they really don't make 'em like they used to . . ." Yes, because if they did, they'd be really, really slow.

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  1. 50 years old? I think not. by rew · · Score: 1, Redundant

    To be honest, I haven't read the article, but the consensus here is that 50 years ago, technology was not in the state that "2k RAM" was an option. The same goes for 300KHz.

    Both figures would fit into "early sixties", or 40 years ago.

    Roger.