[inforoots] Re: The IBM 7090 & Yacht Handicapping

[Tom Van Vleck]

Harlan Snyder wrote:

> Tom Jr's and TVL's yachts were berthed at the Larchmont YC if memory
> serves me.  At the time (late 60's?) my cousin was a member and we  
> were
> sailing his small boat. Story was that TVL was a tiger at the  
> tiller and
> he often challenged Tom.  Good old days!  The Sound was always
> busy--commercial and fishing vessels. Sometimes very challenging.

The time I was writing about was the early 60s.
The three shift deal at the MIT Comp Center was in
effect in 1961 and continued until about 1967.
Relations cooled between MIT and IBM when Project MAC
chose another vendor for its second timesharing system,
but MIT continued to run CTSS on a 7094 until 1973.

regards, tom