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The History of Computers (allegedly)

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    The History of Computers (allegedly)

    Even as I non IT geek, I can say that they have missed out large chunks of computer history – not a single Atari or Amiga in sight

    History of the Computer in Photos
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    #2
    More like thr history of the Apple computer judging by the number of photos of Apples.

    Although not a fan myself, the ZX80 / ZX81 should be in there.

    I was lucky enough to have a Commodore PET.

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      #3
      Originally posted by Platypus View Post
      More like thr history of the Apple computer judging by the number of photos of Apples.

      Although not a fan myself, the ZX80 / ZX81 should be in there.

      I was lucky enough to have a Commodore PET.
      What happens in General, stays in General.
      You know what they say about assumptions!

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        #4
        Originally posted by Platypus View Post
        More like thr history of the Apple computer judging by the number of photos of Apples.

        Although not a fan myself, the ZX80 / ZX81 should be in there.

        I was lucky enough to have a Commodore PET.
        This^

        (And no VIC20, Speccy, QL, various Amigas, Oric, Jupiter Ace, BBC A & B, Dragon, New Brain, DEC PDPs, VAXs, and countless seminal minis and workstations from Sun, HP, IBM, Apollo, and equally seminal mainframes from Amdahl, Cray, IBM...)
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          #5
          Originally posted by nomadd View Post
          This^

          (And no VIC20, Speccy, QL, various Amigas, Oric, Jupiter Ace, BBC A & B, Dragon, New Brain, DEC PDPs, VAXs, and countless seminal minis and workstations from Sun, HP, IBM, Apollo, and equally seminal mainframes from Amdahl, Cray, IBM...)
          There were all sorts of minis back in the 70s and 80s and mainframes stretching further back.

          All with different architectures too.
          Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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            #6
            Wot no PDP-8/e?

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              #7
              A pretty Sad representation really...

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                #8
                Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
                Wot no PDP-8/e?
                Typical Telegraph set of photos really, but this time without much thought put in.
                Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by nomadd View Post
                  This^

                  (And no ... BBC A & B, ... Sun, HP, IBM, Apollo, and equally seminal mainframes from Amdahl, Cray, IBM...)
                  Good points, some very significant omissions

                  Nor even a raspberry pi

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                    #10
                    Any youngster reading that would think that Apple were computing. Not that they don't already.

                    Note the picture of the facelifted Commodore 64 rather than the original one appropriate for the caption.

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