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Updating the Computer, Circa 1969

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the first-move-the-larger-stone-doorstop dept.

Coudal points out a "Swell article from UK Magazine 'Design' from 1969," excerpting "Designing a computer is a continuous process in which technological breakthroughs must be matched by new hardware, and new hardware by new software, without invalidating the systems already in use."

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  1. Come on. . . by Who235 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I read about that 37 years ago on Digg.

  2. l 903A central processor by Ankou · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you put your ear against it you can hear the hampsters running!

    1. Re:l 903A central processor by Joebert · · Score: 4, Funny

      And if you put your ear against the hamsters, they'll bite the shit out of you.

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  3. tagged as "rawwrrrr" by bunions · · Score: 3, Funny

    The girl in the photo on the first page is H-A-W-T HOT!

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  4. Portable version by marciot · · Score: 4, Funny

    Bah.... I much rather have a portable computer...

  5. A blast from the past... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, 1969 was about the last time attractive women in skirts were seen anywhere near a data center... :)

  6. Successful model 1911 series... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    International Computers Ltd. whose highly successful 1900 Series computer... Blah blah blah. That series is dead.

    However, the Colt 1911 model still works fine - not really a computer, unless it involves questions where the answer is BANG!

  7. British Computer Joke by Clark_Griswold · · Score: 3, Funny

    Q: Why don't the British make computers anymore? A: Because they couldn't find a way to make them leak oil.

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  8. Re:Yeah, but.... by Gleng · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, but it'll probaby run NetBSD.

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