Mathatron & other stuff

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Thu Aug 20 22:52:45 1998

At 12:38 AM 8/20/98 -0500, you wrote:
>On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, dave dameron wrote:
>
>> I found a book I would recommend if anyone finds a copy, although I am
still
>> getting used to it. It is "Computer Structures: Readings and Examples" by
>> Bell and Newell. It uses strange notation (for me) and even the table of
>> contents is "virtual".
>
>That wouldn't be Gordon Bell, would it? The book sounds familiar, but
>it's not on my shelf.
>
>> Anyway, it includes descriptions of 2 desktop calculators, both about 1968:
>> an Olivetti 101 (USD$3500) and a HP 9100A. The HP uses core memory, its
>> program ROM uses 16 layer PC board technology. The HP article is a reprint
>> from the HP Journal. Does anyone have either of these?
>
>Somebody with a better sense of calc history should chime in here, but I
>think Monroe, Olivetti, HP, and Wang all had programmables in the 60s.
>
>I have an HP9100A manual and the first HP _Keyboard_ that describes it. I
>think I recall at least four people on the list having a 9100. It was not
>the first programmable, but it was the first HP, and it is pretty cool
>with its built-in CRT and expansion bus.
>

  I have a HP 9100 and the original HP Journal. You can order reprints
(color, I think) of the HP Journals through HP's website.

   Joe
Received on Thu Aug 20 1998 - 22:52:45 BST

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