Computers Manufactured in 1986^H^H56

From: Merle K. Peirce <at258_at_osfn.org>
Date: Thu Apr 4 17:18:48 2002

You have the Kelvin? What a lovely surprise.

On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Stan Barr wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Ben Franchuk <bfranchuk_at_jetnet.ab.ca> said:
> > Stan Barr wrote:
> > All of a sudden I feel _very_ old ;-( There were no working electronic
> > > computers when I was born...even Collosus was still a few months from
> > > completion....
> >
> > Well you could go after the mechanical ones :)
>
> Finding one here in the UK would be difficult! We have a very nice
> string (wire, actually..) and pulley tidal computer here in Liverpool.
> It was computing tide table for countries all round the world until
> replaced by an IBM 1130.
>
> I remember dismantling a bomb-sight computer for parts in about 1958/9...
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Stan Barr stanb_at_dial.pipex.com
>
> The future was never like this!
>
>
>

M. K. Peirce

Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island

"Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
              
              - Ovid
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