Baby's birthday... Web Page on BBC

From: Philip.Belben_at_powertech.co.uk <(Philip.Belben_at_powertech.co.uk)>
Date: Thu Jun 18 12:20:10 1998

[Manchester SSEM]

> That's pretty neat. Let me know if all the lights in town dim when they
> turn it back on!
>
> Any idea how many of those were sold and what they cost?

Um. Yes. AFAIK, none were sold, and they (it) cost a lot. :-)

But they probably didn't track the cost accurately, since the machine
was continually being extended - it (i.e. the physical hardware, not
just the design) was used as a basis for the next couple of Manchester
machines (including the mark 1, I think).

Philip.
Received on Thu Jun 18 1998 - 12:20:10 BST