"Computers in the future Older computers deserve care, affection, and attention as well. This section will explain how to deal with some earlier computer issues.
may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."
- Popular Mechanics, 1949
--
Where a calculator on the ENIAC
is equpped with 18,000 vacuum tubes
and weighs 30 tons,
computers in the future
may have only 1,000 vacuum tubes
and perhaps weigh
1½ tons
- Popular Mechanics, March 1949
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