human computer interfaces the soul of an old machineTumblr (3.0; @system360)http://system360.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e9e531562d5934d6ba1e5d1900d11f27/tumblr_mmkbfgusBv1rxhp2qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>IMLAC PDS-1</p> <p>(New posts! I’m not just reblogging Dinosaur’s Pen)</p>http://system360.tumblr.com/post/50063977427http://system360.tumblr.com/post/50063977427Thu, 09 May 2013 23:09:14 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a0658645a0c0fb7a8289b420fe2a9356/tumblr_mhz4vz2fsi1s39zkbo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://chicasyordenadores.tumblr.com/post/45815509952/hewlett-packard-3000-2100-1972" class="tumblr_blog">chicasyordenadores</a>:</p> <blockquote><ul><li><a href="http://www.dvq.com/ads/hp_sa_2_72.jpg">Hewlett Packard, 3000 & 2100, 1972.</a></li> </ul></blockquote>http://system360.tumblr.com/post/50062912291http://system360.tumblr.com/post/50062912291Thu, 09 May 2013 22:55:04 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9d721c9b911b075e9bfcfe35ebef5131/tumblr_mj12stkj5R1s39zkbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://chicasyordenadores.tumblr.com/post/47338960259/rechnersystem-vt600" class="tumblr_blog">chicasyordenadores</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Rechnersystem VT600</p></blockquote>http://system360.tumblr.com/post/50062597275http://system360.tumblr.com/post/50062597275Thu, 09 May 2013 22:50:59 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0be537a807d99107c1f2d19706ba0b8b/tumblr_mk8ec6cAzx1r49q4co1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://system360.tumblr.com/post/50024362402http://system360.tumblr.com/post/50024362402Thu, 09 May 2013 14:09:25 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ff996ec3cc417d9a09f59eeb91b6988e/tumblr_mlicigORdm1qd7m1so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://system360.tumblr.com/post/48537940176http://system360.tumblr.com/post/48537940176Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:18:39 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0732e90a4f309f14458a62efdf31037a/tumblr_mipx0wdCqh1rm93g3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://johnclaudielectronics.tumblr.com/post/43881089614/univac-magnetic-data-storage-the-university-of">johnclaudielectronics</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Univac Magnetic Data Storage</p> <p><a href="http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/historydisplays/FifthFloor/MagneticDataStorage/MagneticTapes.php">The University of Auckland</a></p> </blockquote>http://system360.tumblr.com/post/46842846747http://system360.tumblr.com/post/46842846747Mon, 01 Apr 2013 08:36:08 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/067ce44fda5ba6ea14f4b3925db9e92c/tumblr_mi62scTRK61qgtqgzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://vintageblackglamour.tumblr.com/post/43006851970/melba-roy-nasa-mathmetician-at-the-goddard-space">vintageblackglamour</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>Melba Roy, NASA Mathmetician, at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland in 1964. Ms. Roy led a group of NASA mathmeticians known as “computers” who tracked the Echo satellites. The first time I shared Ms. Roy on VBG, my friend Chanda P</span><span class="text_exposed_show">rescod-Weinstein, a former postdoc in astrophysics at NASA, helpfully explained what Ms. Roy did in the comment section. I am sharing Chanda’s comment again here: “By the way, since I am a physicist, I might as well explain a little bit about what she did: when we launch satellites into orbit, there are a lot of things to keep track of. We have to ensure that gravitational pull from other bodies, such as other satellites, the moon, etc. don’t perturb and destabilize the orbit. These are extremely hard calculations to do even today, even with a machine-computer. So, what she did was extremely intense, difficult work. The goal of the work, in addition to ensuring satellites remained in a stable orbit, was to know where everything was at all times. So they had to be able to calculate with a high level of accuracy. Anyway, that’s the story behind orbital element timetables”. Photo: NASA/Corbis.</span></p> </blockquote>http://system360.tumblr.com/post/43192425512http://system360.tumblr.com/post/43192425512Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:08:29 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/10ac2fa13c76e328219c5b7b42233a97/tumblr_mf53ldBxEh1rzez2to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://chimney-factory.tumblr.com/post/38084989968/ict-1301-computer-later-known-as-icl-1301">chimney-factory</a>:</p> <blockquote> <div> <p>ICT 1301 computer.  (later known as ICL 1301).  British computer from the 1960’s.</p> <p>Its clock speed was 1Mhz.  That’s about 400 times slower than my (now quite old and wheezy) mobile phone!</p> <p>It also weighed 5 tons.</p> </div> </blockquote>http://system360.tumblr.com/post/41735456302http://system360.tumblr.com/post/41735456302Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:16:25 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdyko8sBAI1qzqz4so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://plantskeleton.tumblr.com/post/36374425543/mohawk-data-sciences-corporation-1971" class="tumblr_blog">plantskeleton</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/captainspaulding/8206272331/in/photostream/">mohawk data sciences corporation 1971</a></p></blockquote>http://system360.tumblr.com/post/36375786106http://system360.tumblr.com/post/36375786106Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:12:19 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma3r0rWzq51r49q4co1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://system360.tumblr.com/post/32243087356http://system360.tumblr.com/post/32243087356Mon, 24 Sep 2012 23:03:23 -0400digital equipment corporationdecpdp-8lab-8retro1970svintage graphics<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8gnmjRCwd1rym68yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://system360.tumblr.com/post/29052418625http://system360.tumblr.com/post/29052418625Thu, 09 Aug 2012 10:08:29 -0400old computerscomputercomputerstrippytechnologysci fi<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m73y41ifLE1r1ozoho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://spacequest.tumblr.com/post/29026019934/1924s-computing-division-already-with-air" class="tumblr_blog">spacequest</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>1924s Computing Division, already with air condition</p></blockquote>http://system360.tumblr.com/post/29052401051http://system360.tumblr.com/post/29052401051Thu, 09 Aug 2012 10:07:59 -0400vintage computervintagephotography1920s<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5z8zfdchL1qzbijso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://myvintagevogue.tumblr.com/post/25608461378/columbia-minerva-1968">myvintagevogue</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>Columbia-Minerva 1968</span><span></span></p> </blockquote>http://system360.tumblr.com/post/28486249751http://system360.tumblr.com/post/28486249751Wed, 01 Aug 2012 11:14:20 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7l2ijTBtn1r49q4co1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7l2ijTBtn1r49q4co2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/28204183156/computing-at-the-university-of-michigan-top" class="tumblr_blog">dinosaurspen</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Computing at the University of Michigan.</p> <p><em>(Top: IBM System/360 [<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IBM360-67AtUmichWithMikeAlexander.jpg">source</a>] bottom: DEC PDP-8 [<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DataConcentrator-PDP8-UMich-DaveMills.jpg">source</a>])</em></p></blockquote>http://system360.tumblr.com/post/28231954133http://system360.tumblr.com/post/28231954133Sat, 28 Jul 2012 21:08:47 -0400digital equipment corporationdecpdp-8ibmSystem/360mainframeminicomputeruniversity of michiganretrocomputer<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7j9k6gAWt1rxhp2qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://history-computer.com/ModernComputer/Basis/modem.html"> AT&T’s modem from 1958 </a>)</p>http://system360.tumblr.com/post/27723832582http://system360.tumblr.com/post/27723832582Sat, 21 Jul 2012 19:07:17 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6akn6fUgj1rxhp2qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Soviet BESM-6<br/> (via <a href="http://hpc.msu.ru/?q=node/57">MSU’s HPC HISTORY | Moscow University Supercomputing Center</a>)</p>http://system360.tumblr.com/post/27226929815http://system360.tumblr.com/post/27226929815Sat, 14 Jul 2012 20:58:40 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6aklnJc3B1rxhp2qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Soviet BESM-4</p>http://system360.tumblr.com/post/27217207229http://system360.tumblr.com/post/27217207229Sat, 14 Jul 2012 18:01:56 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6akjwZF0l1rxhp2qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://system360.tumblr.com/post/27207044948http://system360.tumblr.com/post/27207044948Sat, 14 Jul 2012 14:53:51 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5h10nicqN1rxhp2qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.thecorememory.com/">The Core Memory: NCR history</a></p>http://system360.tumblr.com/post/27160805395http://system360.tumblr.com/post/27160805395Fri, 13 Jul 2012 20:59:15 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5gqj3XR9l1rxhp2qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://gargravarr.cc.utexas.edu/cc/artifacts/">University of Texas at Austin Computation Center Artifacts</a>)</p>http://system360.tumblr.com/post/27149997399http://system360.tumblr.com/post/27149997399Fri, 13 Jul 2012 18:00:39 -0400CDCCDC-6600