Article 3S55Z The first "portable" computer fit in two trailer vans and weighed 20 tons

The first "portable" computer fit in two trailer vans and weighed 20 tons

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The first electromechanical computers occupied whole buildings, making them rather unwieldy; in the 1950s, an effort to create a "portable" computer called the DYSEAC bore fruit in the form of a computer on wheels that could be relocated, provided you had the trucking logistics to move two trailers with a combined weight of 20 tons. (more")

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