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What 5 Megabytes of Computer Data Looked Like in 1966 ~ Vintage Everyday (www.vintag.es)
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[โ€“] sirboozebum@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Who is this programmer?

[โ€“] A_A@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

i copied that image from the article of the post without reading that article itself. But, since you asked, i went in that article ... and all i could find is this :

The image of 62,500 punched cards neatly stacked in rows serves as a reminder of the immense physicality involved in early computing.

So, unfortunately, the nice lady might just be a "banana for scale" here ๐Ÿ˜ฏ !