On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Huw Davies wrote:
> Geez. I can hardly remember what a DECsystem-10 looks like and I've got
> photos! Half of Australia's red wine production over the last 10 years has
> passed through my house (and me :-) so the long term memory has been
> replaced with tannins....
Your memory may go but all the anti-oxidants in the wine will keep your
heart pumping blood to your empty brain, pulsating with faded glimpses of
past glory ;)
> All I can remember is a largish (blue?) slightly circular console (say 4 to
> 6 feet long) with switches and lights (no CRTs) and possibly a separate
> room filled with valves. This would make some sense for a system installed
> in the early to mid-60s.
My first guess: a PDP-1.
http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/vs-dec-pdp-1.jpg
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