Gordon Earle Moore (* 3. Januar 1929 in San Francisco) ist Mitgründer der Firma Intel und Urheber des Moore’schen Gesetzes


Kenneth Harry "Ken" Olsen (* 20. Februar 1926 in Stratford, Connecticut; gest. 6. Februar 2011) war ein US-amerikanischer Ingenieur, der im Jahre 1957 die Computerfirma Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) gründete. Bis zu seinem Ausstieg 1992 war er Präsident des Unternehmens.

PanelSwitchman – Flickr

PanelSwitchman – Flickr

PanelSwitchman – Flickr

PanelSwitchman – Flickr

PanelSwitchman – Flickr

Serial terminal (DEC VT510)

This must surely be the most rich computer user experience available to us in this day and age! The warm glow of green on black text; little did our forefathers know how lucky they were to be able to work on these beautiful devices. I know it gives reading my email just that little bit of extra allure. By the way, it's a mint condition DEC VT510 pictured here. In the mean time the resolution has been increased to 130x50, which doesn't even compare that poorly to an xterm on my laptop!

DEC PDP

1960 - il DEC PDP è il primo computer commerciale con integrati monitor a tubo catodico e tastiera.