How Computers Work -- Circa 1979

Guinnessy writes "In a younger, more innocent time, Ladybird Books came out with a series of children's books called "How things work." Someone has put the 1971 and 1979 versions of How Computers Work onto the web. It's a fascinating glance at how much computers have advanced since the silicon chip was introduced. State-of-the-art in 1971 consisted of fitting thirty components into a 1 cm3 volume."

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Re:How Slashdot works...The Dupe!

[Anne Thwacks]

Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.

It beats a lot of the other methods in common use today!

If it walks like a duck, and talks like a duck: Vote for it!