Did someone lose their ENIAC?

spd2demun · ‎07-28-2007

This cracked me up...on the Mac site no less!

cheer · ‎10-20-2007

Well, it'd look more impressive if he wasn't infected with spyware...

spd2demun · ‎07-28-2007

I just can't believe how small and powerful computers have become, except for the govt., I hear they still use tape drives, LOL!

showtime48 · ‎01-16-2008

http://www.thocp.net/hardware/univac.htm

Dennis

Optimus Prime · ‎05-15-2007

spd2demun wrote:
I just can't believe how small and powerful computers have become, except for the govt., I hear they still use tape drives, LOL!

A lot of data center's still use tape drives for backing up. Good secure way. The ATL's that store the tapes and auto move them for backup are a lot smaller now though! Size of a server rack.

Optimus Prime

spd2demun · ‎07-28-2007

I'm shocked that they have anything THAT current.

Yeah, UNIVAC, hilarious! Can you imagine trying to fit that in your house?

This gives me a headache to look at it! Worse than any cross-connect!

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And this one...the Census Bureau, LOL! Now what is the guy having to keep track of on that CHALKBOARD--Time Schedule for what?

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Message Edited by spd2demun on 11-13-2008 03:08 AM

showtime48 · ‎01-16-2008

the 2 pictures are not showing up for me...

Dennis

spd2demun · ‎07-28-2007

*$%@#! Safari! I could see them with Safari, from where they were posted, but you're right, nothing in IE...so just for you...

showtime48 · ‎01-16-2008

showing up now, i seen them in that link i posted. you think troubleshooting your laptop is difficult...

Dennis

shoe · ‎01-05-2010

COMCAST SERVER ROOM.

Escapee · ‎09-09-2009

spd2demun wrote:
I'm shocked that they have anything THAT current.

Yeah, UNIVAC, hilarious! Can you imagine trying to fit that in your house?

This gives me a headache to look at it! Worse than any cross-connect!

Are you sure this is not a picture of a telco RT mini hut.

I am an AT&T employee and the postings on this site are my own and don't necessarily represent AT&T's position, strategies or opinion.

cheer · ‎10-20-2007

spd2demun wrote:
I'm shocked that they have anything THAT current.

Yeah, UNIVAC, hilarious! Can you imagine trying to fit that in your house?

This gives me a headache to look at it! Worse than any cross-connect!

Hey! I think I see my punchdown tool!

Been lookin' for that thing...

Computer-Joe · ‎09-19-2008

That's where they coined the phrase "computer bug" from actual insects getting in there and shorting stuff out.

I'm pretty sure ENIAC was before UNIVAC. Didn't they use ENIAC to compute artillery tragectories during WWII?

cheer · ‎10-20-2007

Computer-Joe wrote:
That's where they coined the phrase "computer bug" from actual insects getting in there and shorting stuff out.

That's a bit of an urban legend. The term "bug" (to refer to problems, defects, etc.) was used long before computers; in fact, Thomas Edison used the term in a very similar manner to the way it's used today.

I'm pretty sure ENIAC was before UNIVAC. Didn't they use ENIAC to compute artillery tragectories during WWII?

ENIAC was indeed created to compute artillery trajectories, but it didn't come around until early 1946.

UNIVAC was later -- early 50's IIRC.

Escapee · ‎09-09-2009

cheer wrote:
Computer-Joe wrote:
That's where they coined the phrase "computer bug" from actual insects getting in there and shorting stuff out.

That's a bit of an urban legend. The term "bug" (to refer to problems, defects, etc.) was used long before computers; in fact, Thomas Edison used the term in a very similar manner to the way it's used today.

I'm pretty sure ENIAC was before UNIVAC. Didn't they use ENIAC to compute artillery tragectories during WWII?
ENIAC was indeed created to compute artillery trajectories, but it didn't come around until early 1946.

UNIVAC was later -- early 50's IIRC.

First Computer Bug

http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/first_computer_bug_large.htm

Message Edited by Escapee on 11-13-2008 05:54 PM

I am an AT&T employee and the postings on this site are my own and don't necessarily represent AT&T's position, strategies or opinion.

cheer · ‎10-20-2007

Escapee wrote:
cheer wrote:
Computer-Joe wrote:
That's where they coined the phrase "computer bug" from actual insects getting in there and shorting stuff out.

That's a bit of an urban legend. The term "bug" (to refer to problems, defects, etc.) was used long before computers; in fact, Thomas Edison used the term in a very similar manner to the way it's used today.

I'm pretty sure ENIAC was before UNIVAC. Didn't they use ENIAC to compute artillery tragectories during WWII?
ENIAC was indeed created to compute artillery trajectories, but it didn't come around until early 1946.

UNIVAC was later -- early 50's IIRC.
First Computer Bug

http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/first_computer_bug_large.htm

Message Edited by Escapee on 11-13-2008 05:54 PM

I don't disagree that that happened; just pointing out that the term was in use long before that. (The above is also usually -- and erroneously -- attributed to Grace Murray Hopper. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_bug#Etymology.)