Geezer Computers

Found this over on Newsbytes so I thought I'd post some "old computer stuff..."!

Old-computers.com is a museum devoted to rediscovering why today's doorstops were yesterday's miracles of invention.

The museum claims to have more than 558 computers catalogued and pictured in its collection, which spans the final third of the 20th century.

For instance, few recall the Wren from Thorn EMI in 1984. This "luggable" computer was the size of a breadbox but had the weight of two bowling balls (26 pounds) and a measly 64 kilobits of random access memory (RAM).

The 1973 Micral is the oldest model listed, and was the first personal computer programmed by Philippe Kahn, founder of Borland.

The site also offers a magazine, a club, links, a store and a survey asking all comers for their vote on the most important computing personality: Bill Gates, Stephen Wozniak, Steve Jobs, Grace Hopper or Alan Turing.

News source: Newsbytes