The Internet's first router.. 1959

Thought you all would find this interesting....

http://www.wimp.com/firstrouter/

even the crappiest mobile phone is more powerful.. amazing really and yet back then it made a huge difference / very advanced for it's time.

That is fantastic, absolutely fantastic.

Thank you for sharing, really amazing machine!

Also here is a lot of interesting in history http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcf6_de.shtml

Prof. Howard Aiken (1900-1973) in U.S.A constructed in 1943 an electromechanical computer named Mark-I which could multiply two 10-digit number in 5 seconds (a record at that time). Mark-I was the first machine which could perform according to pre-programmed instructions automatically without any manual interference. This was the first operational general purpose computer.

http://generationsofcomputers.blogspot.com/