This MetaFilter Item was too good to pass up. A 1954 vision of the home computer, circa 2004. I mean, check out the steering wheel!! STEERING WHEEL! And all the readouts, the dials and gauges. The old dude in the three piece suit.. I love it. This has got to be a hoax…
How Wrong We Can Be….
This MetaFilter Item was too good to pass up. A 1954 vision of the home computer, circa 2004. I mean, check out the steering wheel!! STEERING WHEEL! And all the readouts, the dials and gauges. The old dude in the three piece suit.. I love it. This has got to…
I’m no expert, but I would date that tty at least 10 years later. Plastic keys should be a giveaway.
Yeah, and the first FORTRAN compiler wasn’t available till 1957.
Looks like snopes lists this one:
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp
(I was bitten by this too).