We've recovered the manual to the oldest-known digital computer, decades after it was thought to be lost. By Joel Hruska September 24, 2020 Share on ...

Apple II Red Book (cont’d) credit Photo: Dan Winters IBM 1401 General Information Manual description The 1401 was a 1959 decimal computer. It was often used to input and format data for larger ...

MIT researchers just got a computer to accomplish yet another task that most humans are incapable of doing: It learned how to play a game by reading the instruction manual. The MIT Computer ...

January 14th was the day the final security update for Windows 7 computers was released by Microsoft. Windows 7 computers that connect to the Internet will rapidly become more and more insecure from ...

An unfortunate reality of pre-1990s computer systems is that any manuals and documentation that came with them likely only existed on paper. That’s not to say there aren’t scanned-in (P… ...

Researchers will be able to gain a deeper understanding of what’s considered the world’s oldest surviving computer after its long-lost user manual was unearthed.The Z4, which was built in 1945 ...

The first ever computer manual which was written by a Victorian woman 175 years ago has been sold at auction for nearly £100,000 - nearly 20 times its expected price. The edition, 'Sketch of the ...

This article was originally published with the title “ Why Old-Fashioned Computer Manuals and Books Are Still Needed ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 316 No. 4 (April 2017) doi:10.1038 ...