We could debate about wang having a precedence. Various consider the Programma101 the real first personal computer
-----Messaggio originale----- Da: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] Per conto di Chuck Guzis via cctalk Inviato: sabato 19 agosto 2017 20:55 A: Rick Bensene via cctalk Oggetto: Re: Olivetti Programma 101 on EBay On 08/19/2017 11:00 AM, Rick Bensene via cctalk wrote: > The Programma 101 is indeed a benchmark machine in electronic calculator > history. While not the first programmable electronic calculator as many > claim, it definitely set the standard for a long time (especially during this > particularly frenetic period of electronics development), until the HP 9100A > came out in '68. I don't want to diminish its place in history in any > way. But... It's interesting that there appear to be relatively few listing for old Wang calculators. Surely they hold precedence over the Olivetti boxes and the HP ones. I can vaguely remember sitting in front of a LOCI-2 and giving up trying to figure it out. --Chuck
