Sep 28, 2021 · Take a look at some of the strangest computer design ideas that were turned into genuine products. If anything, computers changed in unforeseen ways over the five decades. Machines got more powerful every year, came and went, software makers won and lost wars over market dominance.

Feb 14, 2023 · These strange but functional PCs prove that not all home computers are designed to sit blandly on a desk, but rather be part of a home's aesthetic.

Jun 1, 2017 · In the gallery below, you'll see 10 bizarre PC designs of late (the past 17 years, as it happens). Most of them failed, but we can't help but admire the companies for trying. (This story was...

Jun 16, 2022 · Not to be forgotten, the Holborn computers (1979–1983) with their organic consoles designed by Vos Industrial Designers — the Computer Space of early business systems. Here the Holborn 9100 from 1981:

Jan 10, 2025 · The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC), developed in the United States between 1943 and 1946, is often considered one of the first general-purpose electronic computers. Designed by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert at the University of Pennsylvania, ENIAC used over 17,000 vacuum tubes to perform calculations and could execute ...

Some computers do not really fit in a chronological timeline of microcomputer development. Maybe because they were already Old Technology at the time of their introduction, or because they were just insignificant in computer history.

Nov 9, 2024 · In the early 1980s, computers were far from the light and thin machines they are today. While these models were no longer the room-size machines they had been decades prior, they were still clunky, awkward, and made by brands, many of which no longer exist.

Sep 28, 2024 · From furniture disguised as computers to experimental forms of computation, let’s dive into some of the weirdest and most unconventional computers ever conceived. 1. The Holborn 9100 – E.T. meets the office (1981)

Jan 2, 2021 · The personal computing revolution didn’t reach the masses until the 1980s, but back in the 1970s, a groundswell was forming among hardcore tech nerds. LGR takes a look back at a number of the unusual computer designs that emerged in …

The creation of these tech masterpieces has been the result of a lengthy process of experimentation, a constant cycle of trial and error, intercut with advertising agendas, and artistic aesthetics. Here are 7 interesting-looking computers you probably didn’t know were once available on the open market. 1. Maxdata Belinea s.book 1 Mini-Note (2008)