However, I had almost my personal computer in the mid '60s. This picture was taken at Tuskegee as a student around 1964. While it was not mine, I used it quite a bit. As a student employee of the computer center, I had a key which provided access evenings, nights and weekends.
From a 35mm slide. Camera: Honeywell Pentax, 50mm lens on a tripod. Flash: Graflex StrobeFlash IV.
IBM 1620 Model
I
Initially 20K, later upgraded to 60K
250 CPM Reader, 125 CPM Punch
100 LPM Offline Printer
Initially 20K, later upgraded to 60K
250 CPM Reader, 125 CPM Punch
100 LPM Offline Printer
June
2001
October 2002