Univac Computer Commercial

The Univac computer by Remington Rand. Promoted features are the possibility of more accurate weather forecasting, the ability to process over twelve thousand characters per second, make over two thousand mathematical calculations per second, a printer capable of six hundred lines per minute and the system's ability to check itself for errors.

The general purpose model is shown in this commercial. Three additional models were available: the scientific model, the file model and the punch card model.

Univac business applications feature payroll calculation and check printing (over eight thousand checks per hour).

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[KristaDawn1985]

600 lines a minute!!! WOW!

[hwy61media]

@KristaDawn1985 Blazing, I know. Lol :) -Michael

[rodanmedia]

I used to program a Univac V77 in the mid-80's ... this is hilarious to watch! Thanks!

[hwy61media]

@rodanmedia That's amazing! Is the commercial technically accurate?

[kevin12567]

But can it run Crysis? Sorry, couldn't resist! I've been favoriting retro computer videos, but this is about as retro as they get! Always fascinating to see what computing in its infancy was like! Thank you for sharing this!

[hwy61media]

@kevin12567 Your welcome. I'm glad you liked it!

[bumperstickerguy]

60 year later they still can't get the forecast right!

[eggaweb]

A typical smart phone has more computing power than the combined power of all the Univacs ever built! It's amazing how far computers have advanced!

[ElectroMecca]

@kargaroc386 That's just what I was thinking :-D

[gardnerbm]

wow, it printed graphics!

[eee11112]

@MusicBuch True, true, but without these first steps, you wouldn't have your shiny, new smartphone.

[CallOfDuty4Fish]

Wow, 1.2 KHz, Faster than my PC!

[yUsReE96]

1+1=11

[MusicBuch]

My cellphone (Smartphone) is way better than this old shit hahaha :P

[phattieg]

@BoogsterSU2 I thought it said "cloud" too, but I played it again and I think he says "file computers".

[visor109]

Everytime I hear the word "Univac", it reminds me of the robot "Uni-Blab" on the Jetsons!

[kargaroc386]

And now we have petaflop supercomputers a billion times faster than this, and we still can't predict the weather...

[Videoepicpwnd]

@KristaDawn1985 Dot Matrix ftw!