[ErnieTech] takes a glimpse at the UNIVAC computer that ran the operation in the 1980s. A lot of schools had UNIVAC 1100-series computers back in those days, so while you don’t hear as much ...

Over 40 systems were sold. Comprising some 5,000 vacuum tubes and weighing nearly eight tons, the memory in the UNIVAC I was made of mercury-filled acoustic delay lines that held 1,000 12-digit ...