Trammell Hudson @th@v.st
@DrWhax@mastodon.social The image rendering looks similar to `timg`, which uses unicode characters[▄] (U+2584 - 'Lower Half Block') and [▀] (U+2580 - 'Upper Half Block'). https://github.com/hzeller/timg
Computer buying guide, 1962 #retrocomputing edition. https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_computersA_17444643/page/n123/mode/2up
TIL that Asimov "withdrew" his 1955 story about a massive computer named Multivac since it was too similar to a book he had in his library. https://archive.org/details/112874/page/n5/mode/2up
@onan "Pure fluid devices of the type utilized by the present invention have many advantages. They are both simple in design and inexpensive in fabrication. They use no moving parts and are therefore almost completely trouble free in operation. This latter feature is of great significance in the digital computer field where trouble free elements are necessary to achieve long periods of uninterrupted operation." #retrocomputing
"The simplest computer for which the schematics are available is the Univac FLODAC, which is actually a fluid-logic demonstrator." #retrocomputing
"The main reason for the existence of the ACS is to enable amateur computer builders to help each other, saving time and money by trading ideas."
"If one could find a specific date for birth of personal computing, it would be May 5 1966, when Stephen B Gray founded the Amateur Computer Society and began publishing a quarterly called the _ACS Newsletter_" (BYTE 1978) #retrocomputing https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2012/03/102654910-05-01-acc.pdf
Manually operated nine level paper tape reader! Connects to any parallel port! Just add a light source and pull! #retrocomouting
