The Italian Computer: Olivetti’s ELEA 9003 Was a Study in Elegant, Ergonomic Design
“I have made my decision: We are going to scrap the first version of our computer, and we will start again from scratch.” It’s the autumn of 1957, and Mario Tchou, a brilliant young Chinese-Italian electrical engineer, is speaking to his team at the Olivetti Electronics Research Laboratory. Housed in a repurposed villa on the…