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@lostarchitect: Yea I had to read the Wiki article, not all of us are old enough to know what some of this is.
(I knew all of it except the wax cylinder) Reply
(I knew all of it except the wax cylinder) Reply
@lostarchitect: If this goes back to wax cylinders for audio - what happened to punched cards, paper and mag tape for data? Bubble memory and mercury delay lines?
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@denisnossevitch: you'll probably like this as well then:
[en.wikipedia.org]
Programmers have existed longer than most people think. :P Reply
[en.wikipedia.org]
Programmers have existed longer than most people think. :P Reply
@ArmoredCavalry: I know of those :D
Mainly because I'm into retro. Wax cylinders aren't retro though, they're old. Reply
Mainly because I'm into retro. Wax cylinders aren't retro though, they're old. Reply
@denisnossevitch: Punchcards are older than your grandparents. :P
Maybe not IBM punchcards, but punchcards in general have been around much longer.
Probably one of the more famous cases was in the late 19 century (for the U.S. census). It came to the point where they couldn't tally the previous decades census in time for the next one, so punchcards provided the solution. Reply
Maybe not IBM punchcards, but punchcards in general have been around much longer.
Probably one of the more famous cases was in the late 19 century (for the U.S. census). It came to the point where they couldn't tally the previous decades census in time for the next one, so punchcards provided the solution. Reply
@ArmoredCavalry: I know similar punchcard things were used for those self-playing pianos (which require as much talent as modern rappers). But I'm assuming they only powered computers in the 20th century, correct?
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@denisnossevitch: Depends on your definition of a computer...
Technically the machines used to read and tally the punchcards in the 1890 census were "computers".
Which is pretty awesome, imo! Computers were around before our modern concept of electrical based machines.
They are just a whole lot faster now. :P Reply
Technically the machines used to read and tally the punchcards in the 1890 census were "computers".
Which is pretty awesome, imo! Computers were around before our modern concept of electrical based machines.
They are just a whole lot faster now. :P Reply