1954 Futurology

[Rocker]

No; this is not my computer, although it seems like it sometimes; it is what Popular Mechanics predicted in 1954 that a home computer would look like in 2004.

[Shaty40]

thats not a home computer, its a portable. Its got a steering wheel, so you must be able to drive it to work.

[craigb]

I really love the steering wheel.

What the hell was that for :confused: :confused:

[echnidna]

The sterring wheel was put there so you could go for "A HARD DRIVE"

[Termite]

What vision they had in those days, while mine doesn't actually look the same, the way it acts sometimes it might as well be the same. :(

[craigb]

How about the telly strung up on the wall.

Was that so you could watch "The Honneymooners" while you were waiting for your program to load ? :D

[Bob Willson]

I especially like the big steering wheel. Helps heaps with navigating from one site to the next. I didn't see a compass anywhere. ??? One could get lost in cycber space.

[ernknot]

Why did they stick it in a switch gear room?

[LineLefty]

I'm such a party pooper

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp#photo2

snopes is an interesting site tho.

[Sturdee]

How about the telly strung up on the wall.

Was that so you could watch "The Honeymooners" while you were waiting for your program to load ? :D

Although separated by time great minds think alike. :D I have a small tv next to my computer and yes, while the board is loading, I look at it. :D

Only trouble is that todays programs are not as good as the Honeymooners.


Peter.

[outback]

I'm such a party pooper

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp#photo2

snopes is an interesting site tho.AHHH< but perhaps the article exposing the photo as a hoax, is a hoax, and the original photo is indeed original and not a hoax, therefore proving its unhoaxness, and uncovering the hoax article, claiming the photo is a hoax, as a hoax.

[Rocker]

Linelefty,

I should have known it was an urban myth. Thanks for pointing that out.

Rocker

[LineLefty]

No worries, it's just like that time I woke up in an ice bath with this wound in my side.....................

[Grunt]

Yes, thinking about it, it must be a hoax. Fortran didn't appear until the early sixties.

[craigb]

Well spotted Grunt. I have to admit I didn't read the caption.

I guess the late 50's early sixties telly strung on the wall is a bit of a give away too. :D

It's still a funny pic though.

[Iain]

On a serious note (whatever that means) I recall reading that the on board computers used by NASA for the first manned moon landing had less memory than a personal organiser, and a bit bigger too.

[RETIRED]

The average car or truck has more computing power than NASA used to put a man on the moon. Progress? I wonder sometimes. ;)

[AlexS]

:D I want one of those new computers the police have - you only have to punch them once to get the information out.

Sorry Dan & others :D

[Daddles]

:D I want one of those new computers the police have - you only have to punch them once to get the information out.

Sorry Dan & others :D

Can't you get arrested for punching a copper? Even if he is a woodworker?

[Iain]

I'm sure DanP will let you know :rolleyes: