There’s a Blue Bendix in Texas, and thanks to [Usagi Electric] it’s the oldest operating computer in North America. The Bendix G-15, a vacuum tube computer originally released in 1956, is now booting, ...

When we talk about a “computer” today, we generally picture an electronic machine that can perform various kinds of mathematical operations, manage its program flow, move data from one place to ...

技術の進歩によってコンピューターの論理回路はナノスケールにまで小さくなり、もはや手のひらサイズのスマートフォンですら一昔前のPCをしのぐ性能を有しています。そんな中、あえて50年前に使われていた真空管を使って新しく設計された ...

Among the engineers walking through the doors at Intel’s Silicon Valley campus is a man whose career dates back to the time of vacuum tube computers. In the early 1960s, Steve Russell was among the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This glass vacuum tube has one a ...

A vacuum tube, known as the first electronic device, is used to switch, amplify, or commutate electric signals. In the past, vacuum tubes functioned as a main part of a diverse range of electronic ...