Switch to full style

How a computer works. A tutorial from 1962

Anything to do with New Zealand Classic or Vintage Computing not covered in the other forums

How a computer works. A tutorial from 1962

by tezza » Fri Aug 24, 2012 12:57 pm

This short film is great! How far computers (and our perception of them) have come. Note not one mention of their use in communications :)

http://youtu.be/jDQROzrFD1o
Tez (Terry Stewart) (Administrator)
Collection: https://www.classic-computers.org.nz/co ... /index.htm
Projects and Articles: https://www.classic-computers.org.nz/blog/index.htm
Twitter: @classiccomputNZ | YouTube: Terry Stewart
Trade Me: tezza5
tezza
Site Admin
 
Posts: 2382
Joined: Thu Jan 01, 1970 12:00 pm
Location: Palmerston North, New Zealand

Re: How a computer works. A tutorial from 1962

by Paul » Sat Aug 25, 2012 10:34 am

Very cool video, reminds me of those shown in school in the 1960s. Great images of the mainframe workplace. I wonder if smoking was allowed in those rooms? Very well may have been, as bizarre as it would sound today.

Presumably there is no mention of communication because it was a Navy production and was intended for training. I'm pretty sure Bell was still using relays then in the phone system.

My science teacher in '67 obtained a electronics kit for me from Bells Labs that could sound out vowels, one of many kits available. It was a cardboard box with the circuit printed on top and all the parts enclosed. All you had to do was wind the chokes, wire all the parts together according to the picture on top and provide a battery and speaker.
Paul
 
Posts: 16
Joined: Tue Aug 14, 2012 8:32 pm

Re: How a computer works. A tutorial from 1962

by tezza » Sun Aug 26, 2012 10:41 pm

Here is another prediction of the future from 1966. Actually not too far off...
http://youtu.be/EC5sbdvnvQM
Tez (Terry Stewart) (Administrator)
Collection: https://www.classic-computers.org.nz/co ... /index.htm
Projects and Articles: https://www.classic-computers.org.nz/blog/index.htm
Twitter: @classiccomputNZ | YouTube: Terry Stewart
Trade Me: tezza5
tezza
Site Admin
 
Posts: 2382
Joined: Thu Jan 01, 1970 12:00 pm
Location: Palmerston North, New Zealand


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 33 guests