Welcome to the ninth instalment of our series - a look at the Electroon cartoons that graced Electronics Weekly for many years, starting with its very
first issue back in September 1960.[click the thumbnail to see the full image]
This is a very early variation on "Computer says No!"... Being 1960, there's a slightly more mechanical UI than Windows. Also, it is a very early example of banks using "data transmission" technology - what could possible go wrong, in the future?
This one is from issue number nine, dated 2 November 1960.
Previous Electroons:
* Electroon
#1 - "The power output's well up to standard"
* Electroon #2 - "In aeronautics, Britain leads the world"
* Electroon #3 - The 'Twenty Minute' computer
* Electroon #4 - "I'll put you on my shortlist"
* Electroon #5 - "Cybernetics and the universal psyche"
* Electroon #6 - "Micro-subminiature amplifiers"
* Electroon #7 - "My new microwave"
* Electroon #8 - "How is he on astronomy, botany, medicine...?"
* Electroon #2 - "In aeronautics, Britain leads the world"
* Electroon #3 - The 'Twenty Minute' computer
* Electroon #4 - "I'll put you on my shortlist"
* Electroon #5 - "Cybernetics and the universal psyche"
* Electroon #6 - "Micro-subminiature amplifiers"
* Electroon #7 - "My new microwave"
* Electroon #8 - "How is he on astronomy, botany, medicine...?"
