In pictures: 5 coolest computer designs of all time
Computers don't need to be beige boxes. Here are 5 of the best.
By Joshua Gliddon
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Jul 24 2013, 11:16AM
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DEC PDP series - If ever there was a computer that epitomised the “idea” of a computer, it’s the Digital Equipment Corporation PDP series. In appearance, it is the quintessential machine, complete with whirring tape-drives, that you’d see in the background of 70’s sci-fi movies such as the Forbin Project. Technically the DEC series, which was built from 1957 until the early 1990s, was also interesting, pioneering elements of processor design and logic that would appear in later integrated processors such as the Motorola 68000 series.
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