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znpy 4 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: “This is not the computer for you”

I’m waiting for somebody to come and tell us about the time they punched cards by hand, one hole at the time, and then threw coal in the furnace to have the cards interpreted by a steam-powered computer.

zeristor 4 months ago | [–]

Is this close enough? it’s from 1969, I wonder what became of them:

“Tomorrow's World: Nellie the School Computer 15 February 1969 - BBC”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1DtY42xEOI

sgarland 4 months ago | [–]

Do you have a substantive argument against any points made by parent?

znpy 3 months ago | [–]

it should be clear i'm not arguing along the points made by parent nor against them.

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