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  • Subject: Re: History(the end)
  • From: "Rob Dixon" <rob.dixon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 18:14:29 +0100

Pat

Do you mean the Spectra 70 which came from RCA (who they now in
computing?)?  It was sold in this country in the mid 1960's by English
Electric - they merged with ICT to becomde ICL.

I was selling /360's at the time - how young you all are!.

Rob

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> From: Pat Barber <MBOCEANSIDE@postoffice.worldnet.att.net>
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: History(the end)
> Date: 10 July 1998 18:06
> 
> I don't want to wear out this history thing but as Al, I was in college
> in 1971... Not like my kids, I worked full time 2nd shift, and went to 
> school during the day..... just so you'll know I'm not drawing social
> security payments....
> 
> Bet none of you young folks ever saw a Sperry Univac machine that was
> a direct clone of an IBM 360 !!!!! (and you proably don't care)... so
> much for history.....
> 
> I apologize about the S/3 15D... I forgot all about partitions.....
> 
> I said I was feeble minded.....
> 
> Be kind to your kids.. "they get to pick the nursing home..."
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