Iconic consoles of the IBM System/360 mainframes, 55 years old today

Re:Iconic consoles of the IBM System/360 mainframes, 55 year... by zaroth on Monday April 08, 2019 @01:09AM (#19602308)

In just 55 years, this is like looking at alien technology compared to what we use today. Humans are notorious for looking at the incredible advancements of technology in the previous few decades and then saying, "and now we're done".

The idea that what we have today could seem as ancient and antiquated as what we had 55 years ago seems now; it is truly hard to fathom.

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Re:Iconic consoles of the IBM System/360 mainframes, 55 year... by empyrean on Monday April 08, 2019 @04:43AM (#19603323)

Maybe it won't? I think it's unrealistic to assume that computer technology will continue to see the kind of exponential growth it has seen in the last 50 or so years. Of course, I don't have hard evidence to back up my claim but I feel like most processes exhibit diminishing returns after a while.

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Re:Iconic consoles of the IBM System/360 mainframes, 55 year... by tluyben2 on Monday April 08, 2019 @04:49AM (#19603360)

Go on Youtube and watch 'The Computer Chronicles', especially the very old episodes. You can see that many people thought the same thing 30-40-odd year ago. Many experts and CEO's and visionaries on the show say things like 'that will never be feasible' for this and that reason. Smart people on the forefront of computer tech at that time.

I do feel the same way as you do though, but I am from the 70s and I am very careful in saying things like that (like you are by the way).

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