On Mon, 29 Mar 1999, James Willing wrote:
> At 08:37 PM 3/29/99 -0800, Sellam wrote:
> >
> >Does anyone know what the function of an IBM 557 Alphabetic Interpreter
> >is/was?
>
> ... and yes, if you had not guessed... I still have a manual on how to
> program these things!
Cool. I especially liked the patch panel. I'd love to learn how to
program the thing.
> (now, if I could just remember that trick that we used to teach a 402
> tabulator how to multiply... B^} )
Are you implying these things had some general purpose computing
attributes?
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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Received on Mon Mar 29 1999 - 23:48:39 BST