You've Come Along Way "Baby"

The first computer I used was TRS-80. Biloxi High School purchased them for computer science classes. We learned BASIC programming and for our final exam, each had to write a program to help other students having trouble in algebra. I choose to do mine on quadratic equations. I still have a copy somewhere. I should try to run it on the 1981 IBM PC someone gave me about ten years ago. The one I have has both a 5 1/2 and 3.5 floppy drive!!! Someone gave me a copy of Windows Version 1. Both the computer and the software I was able to find for it are a far cry from today's computers.

Even as primitive as the first IBM PCs appear by comparison to the computer of today, the forerunners seem prehistoric.

BBC has a recording of one of the earliest computers, "Baby", playing songs. The pictures of "Baby" and the recorded songs show just how far computers have come.

It's Cute!

And it runs on compressed air! For $3.00, you can travel 125 miles. It also only costs $7,000.00. It is to go onsale in Europe and India.



Maybe we will see it in US markets. Oh, it needs a cup of vegetable oil that needs to be changed every 50,000 miles.