Adding Reply Archived Topic: It will not be bumped to the top of the forum. Topic Oldest computers... how did they work? Pics?? Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post Watch this Posted at 10:12 am on July 25, 2008 sometimes i wonder...

Replies applefreek113 Posted at 10:21 pm on July 31, 2008 big vacuum tubes OLPFan200 Posted at 10:27 am on July 25, 2008 Hurr, there's this thing I hear called the Internet, which provides access to all sorts of wonderful informations. Then some geniuses thought "Hey! We've got this great information tool, but all the information is scattered everywhere. Why don't we collect the best bits of it and store it in one convenient place! It'll be like an encyclopedia! But we can't call it that, because that's boring and boring is for old people. We need something hip...new...something from...THE FUTURE! So let's call it wikipedia. All the old people will be like "-pedia sounds smart!" and the new people will be like "dang that sounds cool!" and we will win over the hearts of all the people of the world that can afford computers". Moral of the story: Wikipedia that shit, durr. person well maybe Posted at 10:16 am on July 25, 2008 they were the size of a room over heat very easy did very few thing (giant calculators basically) and did not have a keyboard...me grandpa worked with one lol ive heard enough about it Special Agent Orange Posted at 10:15 am on July 25, 2008 idk how they worked, but i know they were really big, and took up an entire room. SgtPatches Posted at 10:13 am on July 25, 2008 instead of keys, there were switches. and they required tons of fans to keep them cool. They were usually the size of entire rooms. Jehovah Posted at 10:13 am on July 25, 2008 I think it was called the UNIVAC All 6 previous replies displayed.