Recently, a Reddit user discovered a rare RCA Spectra 70/35 computer control panel from 1966 in their family’s old collapsed garage, posting photos of the pre-moon landing mainframe component to the ...

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Wall panel from the 1971 Manfred Mohr solo exhibition "Computer Graphics - Une Esthétique Programmée," various inks on paper, 30.51 x 110.83 (photo by the author) The most commanding visual in Manfred ...

This drawing was made in 1968 by a computer called CalComp, and was shown at an exhibition devoted to computer “plotter art.” Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Science Service Historical Image ...

In the early 1960s, computers were large machines that could be found in government, educational, and corporate settings. Most computers utilized punch cards and typed commands without much ...

His work at Bell Labs in the 1960s laid the groundwork for today’s computer-generated imagery in film and on TV. By Cade Metz Ken Knowlton, an engineer, computer scientist and artist who helped ...

Looking at the photo of the back of the panel, there doesn't look to be any sort of logic there (not surprising) so all the comments about hooking it up to some sort of emulator are somewhat moot.