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The first computer in Hawaii was installed at the Honolulu offices of Libby, McNeill & Libby in 1956. The IBM 650 used vacuum-tube logic and drum-memory. It could store 2000 words (10 digits and a sign) in memory.


References:
HawaiiHistory.org: 1956
Columbia.edu

Tags: computer, ibm 650

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