Amazing fact about Jupiter Ace, Apple Lisa computer, Longest phone cable, Computer bugs, Deep blue chess.

Amazing fact: The Jupiter Ace

The Jupiter Ace (1983) was advertised as "Probably the fastest microcomputer in the universe!".

Amazing fact: Apple Lisa

The Apple Lisa (1983) was the first successful computer with a graphical user interface (GUI) and a mouse. It cost $10,000.

Amazing fact: Longest phone cable

The longest phone cable is a submarine cable called FLAG (Fiber -Optic Link Around the Globe). It spans 16,800 miles from Japan to the United Kingdom and can carry 600,000 calls at a time.

Amazing fact: Computer bugs

You've heard of computer bugs right? Minor glitches in code that hamper smooth operation. But in 1947, when a computer (Harvard Mark 1) was running a test of it's multiplier and adder function engineers noticed something was wrong despite rechecking everything. On further investigation engineers found a moth in Panel F. The moth was trapped, removed and taped into computer's logbook with the words : "FIRST ACTUAL CASE OF A BUG BEING FOUND".

Amazing fact: Deep blue chess

Deep Blue's chess playing program is written in C and runs under AIX operating system. It is capable of evaluating 10 crore positions per second.