What were computers like in 1950?

Answer 1

Picture a refrigerator sized computer.

Invision a calculator as your keyboard and screen.

Lucky users had a mouse that looked like ham radio and only went up down left right.

Google first computer and use the images tab for more pictures.

The computer got personal when APPLE created one during the 70's

Answer 2

!960's computers were at a crossroads between the Valve type of computer and the newer transistorised and the highly expensive integrated circuit type.

These three types of computers were all available in the early 1960's. Generally they were large, hot and very specialised in their function. They were usually owned by big corporations and were housed in specialised air conditioned floors or rooms.

The processors had access to only a few K of memory and the storage medium was usually a large reel to reel tape machine, or primative hard drive.

I have included a link to a photo of a typical 1960 mainframe in the related links section below.

Answer 3

the coumputers in the 1970s were big and square

Answer 4

Computers in the 1950 were or often mechanical, or there were huge mainframes, the size of a small house sometimes. They had very large components and were very unefficient

Answer 5

they were rubbish compared to our computers people do ot even bother i think they had do do computers

Answer 6

Huge and slow