Yes, it's actually the panel of a submarine control room... see snopes at: http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp But I think the predictions in '54 might have been close. Imagine, a computer that could fit in one room! Dave On Wednesday, December 1, 2004, at 07:08 PM, Patrick Wiggins wrote:

This purports to be from a 1954 issue of Popular Mechanics.

I suspect it's a hoax but it's still funny.

http://users.net1plus.com/scottm/HomeComputer.jpg

Patrick