Debugging computers in the 1950s sounds like it wasn’t an easy task. That’s one of the interesting facts from this fascinating talk by [Guy Fedorkow] about the Whirlwind, one of the first digital ...

When we talk about a “computer” today, we generally picture an electronic machine that can perform various kinds of mathematical operations, manage its program flow, move data from one place to ...

BOZEMAN (AP) - A 1950s computer, with less memory than a musical greeting card, was donated to the American Computer Museum here.

BOZEMAN (AP) -- A 1950s computer, with less memory than a musical greeting card, was donated to the American Computer Museum here. ''Here comes the beast," said museum director George Keremedjiev ...

The 1950s computer was not for the everyman, unless, of course, that everyman had a government-defense budget to work with. Well in 1956, as it so happens, there was one man-about-town who had the ...