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To: algore

I remember Terraserver.

But I also remember Vax terminals.

And punchcards.

BTW, the bldg i was in for most of my career was recently rehabbed. My old office was located where ENIAC sat.

True story.


8 posted on 06/16/2021 7:52:07 PM PDT by sauropod (The smartphone is the retina of the mind's eye.)
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To: sauropod

By 1956, ENIAC contained 18,000 vacuum tubes; 7,200 crystal diodes; 1,500 relays; 70,000 resistors; 10,000 capacitors; and approximately 5,000,000 hand-soldered joints.

ENIAC used common radio tubes;

In 1954, the longest continuous period of operation without a tube failure was 116 hours—close to five days.

then the transistor changed everything, Never did get the straight story about how those came to be.


10 posted on 06/16/2021 8:03:41 PM PDT by algore
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