Emeritus Prof Christopher MayWhen #computers were a little larger than they are today
Photographer Berenice Abbott, 'Woman wiring an early IBM computer' from the Documenting Science series (1938-58)
[reposting from #WomensArt at the other place]
ex or current IDF unwelcome@ChrisMayLA6 First computer I saw used thermionic valves. Punch card and punch tape input. On site maintenance staff all teh time. Main operation was calculating pay for London post men. 1967
I was a bit later... the first I saw had a green screen & would only accept instructions in (I think) COBOL?
Daniela Pamplona@ChrisMayLA6 not very different from a GPU cluster nowadays.