IBM 5100

From: Joe R. <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Sat Aug 7 20:52:13 2004

At 01:27 AM 8/7/04 -0700, you wrote:
>On Sat, 7 Aug 2004, Michael Sokolov wrote:
>
>> Hello ClassicCmp friends,
>>
>> Right now as I type this an interview is in progress on the
>> Coast to Coast AM late night radio talk show about a supposed
>> time traveler who went back from 2036 to 1975 to obtain a
>> classic computer, specifically IBM 5100. Needless to say,
>> this story got me highly intrigued.
>>
>> Since I don't really know anything about the machine in question,
>> I thought I would ask the collective list wisdom. There must have
>> been something really special about IBM 5100 for them to go back
>> for it from 2036.

   There was. It was called APL!

    Joe
Received on Sat Aug 07 2004 - 20:52:13 BST