Re: SLIGHTLY OT - Home Computer of the Future (not IBM)

2010-02-08 Thread Tom Marchant
On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 22:23:52 -0800, Ed Gould ps2...@yahoo.com wrote: Tsk. You should know better, Ed -- this was debunked long ago: http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp I have seen other ads (without the wheel) and I doubt that a submarine could have held one of the monster

Re: SLIGHTLY OT - Home Computer of the Future (not IBM)

2010-02-08 Thread Anne Lynn Wheeler
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. ps2...@yahoo.com (Ed Gould) writes: I do not remember the power requirements of the computers back then but they had to have been huge so I do not think that a

Re: SLIGHTLY OT - Home Computer of the Future (not IBM)

2010-02-07 Thread zMan
On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 1:08 AM, Ed Gould ps2...@yahoo.com wrote: I found this and thought the group might enjoy the memory of long long ago and far far away. Tsk. You should know better, Ed -- this was debunked long ago: http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp It's from a

Re: SLIGHTLY OT - Home Computer of the Future (not IBM)

2010-02-07 Thread Lindy Mayfield
what is the steering wheel for? playing race car games? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Ed Gould Sent: 7. helmikuuta 2010 8:08 To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: SLIGHTLY OT - Home Computer of the Future (not IBM) I found

Re: SLIGHTLY OT - Home Computer of the Future (not IBM)

2010-02-07 Thread Lindy Mayfield
do you know from what year this is from? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Ed Gould Sent: 7. helmikuuta 2010 8:08 To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: SLIGHTLY OT - Home Computer of the Future (not IBM) I found

Re: SLIGHTLY OT - Home Computer of the Future (not IBM)

2010-02-07 Thread Jim Wangler
of the Future (not IBM) do you know from what year this is from? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Ed Gould Sent: 7. helmikuuta 2010 8:08 To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: SLIGHTLY OT - Home Computer of the Future (not IBM) I

Re: SLIGHTLY OT - Home Computer of the Future (not IBM)

2010-02-07 Thread Ed Gould
Tsk. You should know better, Ed -- this was debunked long ago: http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp I have seen other ads (without the wheel) and I doubt that a submarine could have held one of the monster computers from the time. This was

SLIGHTLY OT - Home Computer of the Future (not IBM)

2010-02-06 Thread Ed Gould
I found this and thought the group might enjoy the memory of long long ago and far far away. Ed http://www.badongo.com/pic/8637929 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to