[ale] #OT HUMOR: The "home computer of 2004" (as, envisioned circa 1954)...

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As a side note, FORTRAN did not exist except as a draft specification 
internal to IBM in 1954.  It was 1957 or so before it became a 
commercial product and IBM finally delivered a compiler.  When I first 
saw this picture a number of years ago it was that fact, the "steering 
wheel," and the fact that the teletype is stretched to about twice its 
actual size, and does not look like any teletype I recall from the era.

God, I feel old knowing stuff like this.

Tom

Daniel Howard wrote:
> The part I'm LOL over is the part about teletype and Fortran and being 
> 'easy to use' (note the line printer in the foreground).
>
> Am I the only one that ever had stress trying to use the printf 
> function for more than just simple things, e.g. line printer plotting 
> of Physics numerical computation results?
>
> Showing his age in Atlanta,
> Daniel
>
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> Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:06:09 -0400
> From: Jim Popovitch <yahoo at jimpop.com>
> Subject: Re: [ale] #OT HUMOR: The "home computer of 2004" (as
>     envisioned    circa 1954)...
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
> > > http://lyst.org/Crap/rand_computer.jpg
>
> Heh. I've seen that picture before, anyone know what the steering wheel
> on the left is for?
>
> -Jim P.
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