The first computers arrived at BIW in late 1975. They were dumb computer terminals (remote terminals attached to a server), which were used by the Lofting group for design work on the new fleet of FFGs. Before their arrival, BIW only had adding machines, typewriters and calculators. These terminals had 13-inch screens with white text on a black background and were linked to a large main frame. This was a decade before IBM came out with the 286 personal computer.
