Computing Book Featured on 1980-1981 UK Course Catalog

University of Kentucky 1980-1981 course catalog cover features a book on “computers and data processing.” Computing* isn’t quite as classic as literature or history, but it’s got at least 30 years under its belt. Happy start of the semester to all the students!
*The mathematics involved in computing certainly are, though!

Does this thing have a USB port?

Altec computer in Memorial Coliseum, ca. 1950. Mack Hughes negatives. 2006ua052

Feast your eyes on the state-of-the-art (circa 1950) Altec computer. This high-tech gadget was the brains behind the sound system in Memorial Coliseum, the then-newly built home for the UK men' s basketball team. It may not be compatible with today's technology, but it does have an FM radio!