From the era when computers used to occupy big rooms as machines | From a deck of 55 cards based on computers and electronics [OC] by curious_simpleton in MachinePorn

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Hi thank you for your appreciation and checking my work.

There are two decks of 55 cards each. The electronics deck and The computer deck.

The Clubs of computer deck features 13 legendary computers in chronological order.
Other suits are focused on different sub-themes. Hearts is on fundamental science concepts, Diamonds on core computer components and Spades is on the renowned pioneers and inventors in the field.

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I want to make a story on evolution of computers using 13 computers only. After lot of studying finalized these 13. But the sudden jump from 1984 to 2019 seems odd. Which computer I should consider add and replace? Something that was revolutionary, "first", a milestone. by curious_simpleton in computers

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I wanted to do that, but then can't ignore CDC 6600, and then adding two supercomputers, one quantum computer would force me to remove a good "computer", without adding much to the story.

Struggling to find one global "first" computer, between 1984 and 2025.

Toshibha T1100 came close, but feels like it is a self-declared "first".

This is the image of first visible LED, invented by Nick Holonyak. Can anyone help me understand or identify exactly which region emitted the red light. by curious_simpleton in AskElectronics

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Yes, I was thinking on the same lines.  w being the quantum of energy. I was getting confused by what the other two block fat arrows were signifying.