air traffic control [in the USA, during the 1960's]: the IBM 9020

https://computer.rip/2026-01-17-air-traffic-control-9020.html

#history #ibm #EarlyComputing

@ireneista that's becaude when vi was made, a terminal @ 9600/8/N/1 was considered 'extremely fast' and any redraw on 80x25 with 9600bps is still very clearly visible…

• So you can imagine how painfully slow a 1200bps VT-100 or even 300bps VT-52 must've felt back in the days.

Like in 1976 being screen-oriented was the new hotness, because most systems still used teletypes exclusively (that's why #serial console got their name prefix tty and program from) and so changes could be more interactive on a terminal compared to ed

#vi #terminal #baud #baudrate #EarlyComputing #bps

1983 Vintage 1980s Computer with Keyboard

The image displays a classic desktop computer setup from the early to mid-1980s.
It features a bulky CRT monitor, which was common for that era before flat-panel screens became popular.
Below the monitor is an integrated keyboard, part of what would later become known as all-in-one computers or workstations designed for productivity and business use.

https://nocontext.loener.nl/fullpage/06-June1983-Page-098.png

#photography #illustration #madman #nocontext #sfw #vintagecomputer #1983 #desktopsetup #CRTmonitor #earlycomputing

Look what came!

The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace & Babbage, with Interesting and Curious Anecdotes of Celebrated and Distinguished Characters!

Fully Illustrating A Variety Of Instructive and Amusing Scenes;
As Performed Within and Without the Remarkable Difference Engine
Embellished with Portraits and Scientifick Diagrams

Thank you so, so, so much #booksanta!
This is such a gem!

#mjbReading #Reading #Books #EarlyComputing #AlternateRealities

OK, decided I’ll watch more of #HaltAndCatchFire today.

#EarlyComputing

https://vmst.io/@selzero/109369635131911458

More memories...

My first personal computer was an apple IIc I believe. Had to switch out the OS on 5" large floppy disks with the WordPerfect disks to work on my book.

My first printer actually had typewriter keys that clacked away as if there was a ghost typist.

Amazing.

#memories #Apple #earlycomputing

My first computer. Binary, built it with strips of plastic from a kit my dad gave me. Best birthday present ever!
He worked with an ENIAC at work, one of those big computers that took up a whole room, and used to bring home this really stinky paper for us to color on.

Memories...

#memories #dadlove #geek #earlycomputing