The Green Man December 07, 2004

Home Computer

Here is a scan of a 1954 Popular Mechanics image on how they thought your typical home computer would look in 2004.

Click on the image to enlarge. Ah FORTRAN, now there was a real man's programming language.

Update (from Dave at Raven Banter),

The photo above is a fake you can read all about it at http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp. Thanks Dave but I will leave it up anyway. Hey, I like it and it could have been true.

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Posted by GreenMan at December 7, 2004 01:57 PM | TrackBack
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Hey Green Man:
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp

Be well,
Dave H.

PS. I fell for it, too ....

Posted by: Dave H at December 7, 2004 03:15 PM

Oh.. I totally fell for it..

Posted by: tabatha at December 8, 2004 06:25 AM

We shouldn't feel bad at all ... see:
http://news.com.com/Internet+hoax+hoodwinks+McNealy/2100-1012_3-5484053.html?tag=nl

Be well,
Dave H.

Posted by: Dave H. at December 9, 2004 01:01 PM
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