For a while now, I've known this guy, he's about 70, and he's an inventor (a very talented inventor.) He's gotten very rich off of a computer, or something, he made back in the 70's. Although he's a millionair, he lives in a cabin (This is Newfoundland, completely oriented around the woods, logging, etc.), and invents tools for cutting wood. A good example of this was that he made a laser the could cut logs faster then a general saw. He's probably the only person over 70 that actually knows about the internet, in fact, he still programs.
My question is:
Back in the 70's I'm wondering, what kind of computer's where there? I mean, today, we have fully functional operating systems like Linux, Windows, Mac, etc. Back then, were computers like what MS-Dos is now? Sorry if this sounds confusing, but I honestly don't know anything about old computers :)
http://www.softlord.com/comp/ Hope that helps some
Thanks Brady
hey thanks for that trip in history. and thats some deep s**t man
This reminds me of a story on PBS. They were talking about the first computers.
There was an old lady (I forget her name) who came up with the first identifier/driver.
She was telling a story about the history of the term "Bug in the system." She said one day their computer they were building crashed. Actually it shorted out.
This system was something like a mainframe with huge switches. When they looked for the problem they found that a moth had gotten into one of the switches and blew it. Moth was extra crispy.
Punch cards and refrigerated rooms. Awesomeness.
Punch cards and refrigerated rooms. Awesomeness.
It was like that turned a player piano into a calculator.
I remember reading that the first hard disk were about 8 feet in diameter and took hoist to move. Now the info says the first used disk were 2 feet in diameter.
Where I live the tweakers and crack heads would steal those and take them to a copper recycler.