Documenting the legacy of the IBM STRETCH, a late 1950s computer whose final model was shut down in 1980. This was made in 1981. It’s interesting to listen to them talk because they didn’t know what the future was going to be in 1981 when they made this, as we look at it from 2017. It’s also interesting to consider how of today’s research rests on work that was done on these computers, computers few of us would know how to even operate today.

Documenting the legacy of the IBM STRETCH, a late 1950s computer whose final model was shut down in 1980.

This was made in 1981.

It’s interesting to listen to them talk because they didn’t know what the future was going to be in 1981 when they made this, as we look at it from 2017.

It’s also interesting to consider how of today’s research rests on work that was done on these computers, computers few of us would know how to even operate today.

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