> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of tony duell > Sent: 10 June 2015 05:46 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > Subject: RE: Front Panel Update > > > Interesting. Varian is a microwave equipment company; I have one of their > TWTs sitting on my H960 at home. > > Vacuum equipment, I could believe that. But yes, Varian made a 16 bit > > minicomputer; I had a handbook for it at > > My father was a physical chemist who did a lot of work with vacuum systems. > He would swear by Varian (and swear _at_ Vacuum Generators). I assume it > was the same Varian company. >
I once had a Varian computer, well the local computer club had a Varian. I can't remember what happened to it. A friend used to work for them mostly I think on gas chromatographs... > A number of scientific instrument companies made computers too, of > course. The most obvious being HP. > > -tony Dave
