LOL! 1954 vision of a 2004 home computer!

[I Have A Dream]

:rofl:

[petronius]

1. I'd love to have that setup in my house! I bet it plays tic-tac-toe and everything!

What's the big wheel for, however - is it mobile?

[BrotherBuzz]

3. For navigating the internets?

:rofl:

[SeattleGirl]

5. Jinx!

[SeattleGirl]

4. The big wheel is for steering through the tubes of the internets

and for using the Google.

:rofl:

[MonkeyFunk]

6. To be fair

they evidently thought we'd be flying our houses to other galaxies.

[petronius]

15. That makes sense... clearly intergalactic navigation would require

a steering wheel. There's probably a gas pedal down out of sight, too. :)

[Mojambo]

2. Because when I think of the Fortran language, I think "easy to use!"

I do like the little captain's wheel thing they got going on there.

[Vidar]

19. I took a Fortran class on punchcards.

[ghostsofgiants]

7. That's from a Fark photoshop contest.

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp

[KeyLimeDem]

8. Bogus

Steam plant control panel, see the ahead and astern wheels: Reactor plant control panel, rods and pumps: Electric plant control panel, breakers etc. I've been there before. pride runs deep.

[KeyLimeDem]

11. another clue

above the ahead and astern wheel, the engine order telegraph.

[Left Is Write]

13. That and the fact that "home computer" was not a term used in 1954.

My dad starting working for Sperry Rand in 1961.

[Redstone]

9. In a home how big? 10,000 square feet?

Redstone

[Crabby Appleton]

10. Mock submarine control panel

see : http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08660.htm

second pic from bottom





A full-scale mock-up of a typical nuclear-powered submarine's maneuvering room (possibly) James K. Polk (SSBN-645), Pogy (SSN-647), Sand Lance (SSN-660), or Hawkbill (SSN-666) in which the ship's engineers control the power plant and electrical and steam systems is displayed as part of the submarine exhibit which opened April 12, 2000 to the public at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.
The maneuvering room control panels were significantly modified (read: declassified) for public exhibit.

[Whoa_Nelly]

12. Oh Man! I SOOOOOO want that wall monitor!

and its HUGH!!!1! speaker! Wow! :wow:

[EstimatedProphet]

14. Wow! Does it even come with Eisenhower?

[bridgit]

16. does that come with a 5sp stick & white wall tires...

:wow:

[Bat Boy]

17. "With...the Fortran language the computer will be easy to use."

I want to see the laptop...

[Lautremont]

18. The bad grammar is another clue.

They may not have had microprocessors in 1954, but they could write better than us future-folk.

[Broken_Hero]

20. Damn...its amazing how far

the technology has improved over the years...:D