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Whyrl 1 week ago • mastodon (AP)

A microcomputer that fits on a single desk!

Peter Howell of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop sitting in a studio with children gathered around him. In front of him are two desks. On the nearest desk is a monochrome CRT screen, a "normal" (electronic piano) keyboard and a "typewriter" keyboard. On the far desk sits a beige box about the size of a small trunk, which Peter is pointing at.
Caption reads: "Over there, we have the computer section, which is rather a smaller box than you'd expect really for a computer."

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Pippin 10 hours ago friendica

Ah, the days when "mini" computers were only a cabinet or two, versus a mainframe taking up a roomfull of cabinets. Even that suitcase-sized micro was tiny compared with a mini.