Fujitsu Ltd. says it plans t continue using two computers built from 1959 to 1960 for another 12 years.
The goal is to keep them in service until their 60th birthdays.
That's Japanese quality for you. My little laptop gets tired after three years.
The two systems were the first commercial relay-type computers made in Japan.
They are among the oldest in the world.
They are installed at Fujitsu firms in Numazu and Kawasaki.
When first built, they could do in a single day complex calculations that took a year to complete manually.
30+ machines were shipped for use to design camera lenses and aircraft.
The computers eventually lost out to advances in semiconductor technology and they are no longer used.
But...Fujitsu believes younger engineers can still learn a great deal by continuing to operate them.
The PCs will also be opened to the public as "living witnesses" to history.
I wouldn't mind taking a look at one.
How about you?
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