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Mary - The list doesn't pass attachments other than text. I know of the picture you sent, it was of a very old and large computer-looking device with a steering wheel... >From http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp : <Excerpt> Claim: Photograph shows RAND Corporation's 1954 design for a home computer. Status: False. Although the photograph displayed could represent what some people in the early 1950s contemplated a "home computer" might look like (based on the technology of the day), it isn't, as the accompanying text claims, a RAND Corporation illustration from 1954 of a prototype "home computer." The picture is actually an entry submitted to an image modification competition, taken from an original photo of a submarine maneuvering room console found on U.S. Navy web site, converted to grayscale, and modified to replace a modern display panel and TV screen with pictures of a decades-old teletype/printer and television (as well as to add the gray-suited man to the left-hand side of the photo): </Excerpt> Steve Landess Austin, Texas (512) 423-0935 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kern, Mary T" <MKern4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 10:12 AM Subject: I just want to know what the steering wheel is for... > -- > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. > >
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