Xerox Sigma VII --- big IRON

From: Gary Hildebrand <ghldbrd_at_ccp.com>
Date: Thu Jul 22 11:19:58 2004

Just reminiscing over my first encounter with computers back in 1970
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It was a Xerox Sigma VII in the basement of the Montana State
University. REAL batch programming, with stacks of punchcards, and a
really crappy compiler that burped when it hit the first error. APL was
done via dialup terminal and Teletype machine --- dial the number and
plug in the handset (Ma Bell wouldn't allow direct connection of modems
to their phonelines back then).

Does anyone have a picture of said critter? I'd like to get one just
for memory's sake. Sigma VII was a computer one loved to hate.

Gary Hildebrand
St. Joseph, MO
Received on Thu Jul 22 2004 - 11:19:58 BST