An open-ended question for all you computer geeks: what would you want to learn, see or try when it comes to first (vacuum tubes, 1948-1960) and second (transistors, 1956-1963) generation digital computers?
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An open-ended question for all you computer geeks: what would you want to learn, see or try when it comes to first (vacuum tubes, 1948-1960) and second (transistors, 1956-1963) generation digital computers? Is it architecture? Capabilities? Software? Programming? Quirks? "Can it run Doom"? Things that became obsolete? Things that stayed the same? Something else completely?
Can't promise I'll deliver, but I'm curious to know!
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An open-ended question for all you computer geeks: what would you want to learn, see or try when it comes to first (vacuum tubes, 1948-1960) and second (transistors, 1956-1963) generation digital computers? Is it architecture? Capabilities? Software? Programming? Quirks? "Can it run Doom"? Things that became obsolete? Things that stayed the same? Something else completely?
Can't promise I'll deliver, but I'm curious to know!
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I didn't realize there were digital tube computers. Neat! -
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An open-ended question for all you computer geeks: what would you want to learn, see or try when it comes to first (vacuum tubes, 1948-1960) and second (transistors, 1956-1963) generation digital computers? Is it architecture? Capabilities? Software? Programming? Quirks? "Can it run Doom"? Things that became obsolete? Things that stayed the same? Something else completely?
Can't promise I'll deliver, but I'm curious to know!
@nina_kali_nina One fun thing about ENIAC is how many tubes it had in common with guitar amplifiers.
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