Punch-Cards to Prompts: Rebooting Realitymedium.com 2 pointsmerusame11 months ago1 commentSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−dtagames11moWhile the history of computers is fascinating, it's not true that one needed punch cards or a terminal to add two numbers in the 1970s.Mechanical calculators had existed since the 1800's and electronic ones came around in the 1960's.I lost interest when it started with nonsense. Paywall doesn't help, either.
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While the history of computers is fascinating, it's not true that one needed punch cards or a terminal to add two numbers in the 1970s.
Mechanical calculators had existed since the 1800's and electronic ones came around in the 1960's.
I lost interest when it started with nonsense. Paywall doesn't help, either.