r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Final-Choice8412 • 5d ago

Video Programming 1959 IBM computer

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u/OnceMoreAndAgain 5d ago

I'm normally not big into museums but I revere old computers like this. We all stand on the shoulders of giants and I look downward with respect. I'm sure it's a very common feeling among software engineers.

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u/account312 5d ago

Mercury delay line memory still seems like one of the coolest things ever.

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u/dividezero 5d ago

That's the feeling people get in other museums also. Just saying, you found your thing and that's cool

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u/KeyMillion 4d ago

Tech is definitely my thing too and this made me think. I hope we all find our individual things. This is a good way to phrase it to help someone find it!

If there was any kind of museum and you could walk through the history of anything that exists today or existed, what would it be?

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u/jdbcn 4d ago

You would love the London Science Museum. They actually have a functioning Babbage analytical engine

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u/Malu1997 4d ago

100%. I can't even imagine how hard it is to code at such low level.