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duncs1459 (July 15, 2008 at 12:49 pm)
Also - I wonder if the 'IT folk' back then placed themselves on 'Ivory towers' just like their present-day equivalents seem to do? Hmmm... ;)
duncs1459 (July 15, 2008 at 12:47 pm)
You know, I still use flowcharts and write code on paper before committing it to my laptop simulator (for industrial controllers) - the only difference is I have to go outside if I want to smoke! I love the way the programmer just casually lights up a fag before going to the Univac! What an incredible machine - just the mechanics of it must have been a nightmare to maintain, let alone the hundreds of valves.Thanks for this film and others - a brilliant insight in the fledgling computer world.
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howardstern5 (June 20, 2008 at 9:27 pm)
lol
sygo7g (May 26, 2008 at 3:53 am)
I get the impression any company that bought one of these at the time, say, a local bank's downtown branch, would be a big deal to anyone who thought they could put their trust in said company due to the efficiency/accuracy of said machine work over the human mind.
sygo7g (May 26, 2008 at 3:50 am)
Hey, it kept America going!
matt9741399 (May 1, 2008 at 3:14 pm)
09:10 - I had a template like that! :-)
xmvirus202 (April 28, 2008 at 8:23 am)
Are you kidding? The UNIVAC was probably more stable than Vista.
lolokoperro (April 9, 2008 at 3:43 pm)
can I run vista on that ?
jonarmao (April 7, 2008 at 10:33 pm)
Great video! Brought back lots of memories even though the original Univac was a little before my time. I am a veteran of the IBM 1401 era, various Univac real-time computers, and was an Exec 1100 troubleshooter at the Census Bureau when they celebrated the 25th anniversay of the installation of Univac I. |
