http://granitegeek.disqus.com/enSat, 06 Feb 2010 18:23:34 -0000http://granitegeek.org/blog/2010/02/02/live-stream-from-nhpr/#comment-32872147<p>When I went to work after college there were only a few digital computers in the world, giant beasts kept in their own air conditioned cages with sub-floor caverns full of cables. Computers were usually analog computers used for such tasks as simulating aircraft flight.<br>Engineers did their own calculations - by hand or with desk-top electromechanical machines made by Marchant and Frieden.</p>Alton RyderSat, 06 Feb 2010 18:23:34 -0000