Vintage computer photogallery - Time Magazine
Brent Hilpert
hilpert at cs.ubc.ca
Fri Oct 12 13:21:23 CDT 2007
Stroller wrote:
>
> http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1670168_1461055,00.html
Lovely photography but many of the blurbs leave a lot to be desired as far
as historical and technical accuracy goes. Can't have everything I guess.
e.g. this bizarrely phrased attribution:
> #10: Core Memory
> Because it holds its state, core memory is able to retain information
> even when the electricity is turned off, thereby paving the way to modern
> computing.
Howze that again?
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