Aug 15, 2023
In 1956 Librascope released the
LGP-30, a truly wild machine. It was, for the time, the most simple
and cheap machine that could actually be useful. It was the size of
a desk when contemporary machines took up small rooms. It plugged
into a normal wall outlet while other machines requires special
power feeds. It was, perhaps, the first hint of a personal
computer. And at its heart was a magnetic drum that only a true
programmer could love.
Selected
Sources:
http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/story-of-mel.html
- The
Story of Mel
https://sci-hub.se/10.1109/TEC.1957.5221555
-
Frankel's MINAC Paper
http://www.hp9825.com/html/stan_frankel.html
- A
Biography of Frankel
