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lapfog_1

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4. 1950s vacuum tube based computer.

Reply to sl8 (Reply #3)

Fri May 23, 2025, 05:01 PM

May 23

and I was in the 6th grade when I attended a university course to learn Algol in 1968... yeah, I was a "prodigy" so I got special permission to attend with college students 10 years older than me.

But my high school had access to an IBM 360 a couple of years later when I started doing much bigger software projects.

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A school computer, circa 1969: [View all] sl8 May 23 OP

"Nellie" has to be at least 10 years old by 1969 lapfog_1 May 23 #1

A bit more information: sl8 May 23 #3

1950s vacuum tube based computer. lapfog_1 May 23 #4

i was in elem school in 1968. gah . where did the time go? AllaN01Bear May 24 #7

I'd love to know where those kids are now and how the last 56 years have been. FadedMullet May 23 #2

Wow. Watching on my iMac, Progress. George McGovern May 23 #5

Here's a comparison of an Elliot 405 computer to a $5 Raspberry Pi Zero... hunter May 24 #6

Very cool, thanks. sl8 May 24 #8