On 11/15/2017 09:13 PM, Paul Berger via cctalk wrote:
On 2017-11-15 10:07 PM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
On 11/15/2017 07:09 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
Earlier, there was the SAGE computer (the air defense
one, not the PC by the same name), which had built-in
ash trays at each oper
On 2017-11-15 10:07 PM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
On 11/15/2017 07:09 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
Earlier, there was the SAGE computer (the air defense one, not the PC
by the same name), which had built-in ash trays at each operator
station.
Ash trays?? HA, they had auto-style CIGA
On 11/15/2017 07:09 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
Earlier, there was the SAGE computer (the air defense one,
not the PC by the same name), which had built-in ash trays
at each operator station.
Ash trays?? HA, they had auto-style CIGARETTE LIGHTERS
BUILT INTO the "radar screen" consoles!
> On Nov 15, 2017, at 5:09 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk
> wrote:
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> Earlier, there was the SAGE computer (the air defense one, not the PC by the
> same name), which had built-in ash trays at each operator station.
With all of the possibly apocryphal stories of computer users mistaking CD
d
> On Nov 15, 2017, at 8:06 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
> wrote:
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> On 11/15/2017 02:39 PM, Rick Bensene via cctalk wrote:
>
>> Perhaps the glass-room meme isn't so much bogus, as it is a sign of
>> the cultural times. In those days, the big machines were very
>> expensive, and required a lo
On 11/15/2017 02:39 PM, Rick Bensene via cctalk wrote:
> Perhaps the glass-room meme isn't so much bogus, as it is a sign of
> the cultural times. In those days, the big machines were very
> expensive, and required a lot of support -- that meant special
> power, air conditioning, raised floors,
I wrote:
>> While the definition of the term "personal computer" varies depending
>> on who is using the term, these machines, and others like them, were
>> designed to be used at a much more personal level than the
large-scale
>> mainframe machines housed in the glass-walled rooms where only
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