Morning Throwback: early Toronto computers were surprisingly multi-faceted

Back in the ‘60s, computers were so mysterious to people. Though we weren’t fully aware of their true capabilities, we did think they could do, well, pretty much everything and anything. That’s why this early IBM prototype was used to not only crack Soviet supercomputers, but to wash dishes at the exact same time! However, like most computers back then, it became self-aware and ordered its human users to remove the dishwashing component, noting, “I ain’t no busboy!”