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They Were Used As Calculators But You Had To Rewire Them Every Time You Had To Add Or Subtract.
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I don't know about the rewiring, but crashing and having to reboot the mainframe was a regular occurrence.
Computers were used as word processors, replacing typewriters for many uses. At newspapers such as the one where I began working in 1979, news stories were written and edited in the computer, then the type was formatted, printed on a paper similar to photograph paper, and laid out on a page. Computer layout and pagination was in the future.
When we were married in 1984, my husband had a simple home computer on which he spent hours playing some kind of game. I don't know what game, but it involved a lot of coding.
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Which stores sell vintage computers from the 80s?
Vintage computers from the 1980s can be found at collectors' fairs and online on eBay. They are increasingly hard to find but one might get more information by posting requests on the Vintage Computers forum.
What features were the first home computers limited to?
The first home computers could do anything any other computer could, if you could fit it in their tiny memories.However the first electronic computers in the 1940s and 1950s had exactly the same problem, very tiny memories.
What dell computers batteries could explode?
yes if they get over heated
How are computers used in publishing?
Computers are used throughout the publishing industry. Blog writing, online publications, and electronic books are done with the use of computers. Computers are used for the page layout and to help make publication ready documents by both the authors and the publishing houses.
We're becoming overwhelmingly dependent on computers is this dependence on computers a good thing or should we be more suspicious of their benefit?
i personally think it may be good, but it could also be bad because we then would rely on computers for everything.
What kind of people had computers when they were first made?
70s or 80s
How was it like in the 80s?
Oh yeah! The 80s were awesome man! Video games, Computers, Television was so awesome back then! Especially music!
What vintage truck can you buy before computers were used?
Anything built before the 80s
Which stores sell vintage computers from the 80s?
Vintage computers from the 1980s can be found at collectors' fairs and online on eBay. They are increasingly hard to find but one might get more information by posting requests on the Vintage Computers forum.
How computer change your life?
Computers have radically changed life for students heading into college. They can look up any information almost instantaneously, they can talk with people across the world, and they have access to resources that students in the 80s and 90s could only dream of.
What were cars like in the 1980s?
American autos in the 80s were changing over from carburetors to electronic fuel injection and computers.
Why is rock better in the 80s?
you could understand what the singers were saying.
When was modern computer invented?
If you want to get technical, it was in the 1940s. it was the size of a small house. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC if you are thinking computers roughly the size you see them today, the answer could be argued between the 70s 80s and 90s. in the 70s you had the Xerox Alto, in the 80s you have the Macintosh and the IBM PS/2, 90s is when you start seeing more modern things though.
What things can you do on your birthday?
You could have an 80s party with roller skaters serving food and dressed in 80s clothing or you could do a pink night with a girls night in and have a sleepover or you could go to the cinema or ice skating or bowling or something simple like that.
The Presidential elections elections' election's of the 80s '80s 80s were exciting?
elections, '80s
Could computers and robots exist if everything was inorganic?
Computers and robots are inorganic, so they could indeed exist. the question is whether or not computers and robots could have come about in a universe that is inorganic.
What is 7 80s?
What is 7 80s
