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Old January 14th 05, 01:56 AM
Kevin
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Default What a HOME COMPUTER could look like !! :-)

The real thing is much more "science fiction looking" than you can imagine.
The massive main frame that was being used at Oregon State University back
in 1974 invoked images of the computer in the movie "Colossus: The Forbin
Project". A real classic, by the way, and a must-see sci-fi flick. Row
upon row of upright, refrigerator sized units with those big 1" wide tape
drives. Stacks of vinyl record sized platters that loaded into what looked
like washing machines. A huge impact printer that printed on 24" wide
continuous paper. It was all behind three doors of glass and steel, very
futuristic looking.

You could spot the engineering students by the HP calculators on their
belts. It was all very cool. Now you can buy a machine that will run
circles around that main frame for about $5000.00 and have it shipped to
your door.

"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" wrote in message
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RJK wrote:

Picture from 1954 Popular Mechanics Magazine
(See Caption Below the Picture)

Hi

The picture is a hoax:
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp


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