Siemens System 4004 on Willy Wonka

From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf_at_siconic.com>
Date: Mon Jun 23 10:46:01 2003

On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Hans Franke wrote:

> Well, I hate to correct you in public, Sallam, but there's a litte
> numbertwist. The first one was the 2002 from the mid 50s. The 4004
> series (2002 was just one model, and the 3003 as followup also),
> was rather a plain /360 ripoff Siemens bought from RCA (and thus

Ah yes, I remember now. Far be it from me to not be able to take public
correction. I'd rather be corrected than let erroneous information be
submitted into the record.

> As some may know, I'm still not realy in favor for the way the
> mordern parts of the computing exhibition has been displayed,
> but nonetheless, the Deutsches Museum is worth several visits.

They do have a rather fabulous computer history exhibit.

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