define
smarmy
??
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From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf_at_siconic.com>
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Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 9:34 AM
Subject: Re: MIT Dumbkopf 1 computer
> On Thu, 10 Jun 2004, Jim Battle wrote:
>
> > Some time back on the vintage computer marketplace
> > (http://marketplace.vintage.org/), somebody listed a "dumpkopf 1"
> > computer, but only the most vague information was given about it. I
> > think there was some speculation here that it was maybe a hoax, and that
> > no information could be found about it on the internet.
> >
> > I accidentally stumbled upon the machine at this web site; I suspect
> > that this guy was the lister in that marketplace ad:
> >
> > http://community-2.webtv.net/ARCHAICAUDIO/WESTERNELECTRIC/page15.html
>
> Yes, that is his website.
>
> > It looks to be very interesting, perhaps significant, but certainly
> > inoperable. The web page has a number of very interesting pictures of
> > the computer, and says that the tubes have a 1954 date stamp on them.
> >
> > There are some large patch panels on the machine, so perhaps it wasn't a
> > general purpose programmable computer (in fact, the name implies the
> > machine isn't all that smart!)
>
> Unfortunately, he was too smarmy to get any useful information out of.
>
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