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."

Comments

HUH?

[SWTP_OS9]

Wasent this already poster a few months back?

Just wait 25 more years

[mfloy]

I think in 25 more years things will be even more drastically changed. We are reaching the end of the transister, and the next tech is going to be even more impressive.