[inforoots] Re: The IBM 7090 & Yacht Handicapping

[Ed Thelen]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Van Vleck" <thvv at multicians.org>
To: <inforoots at computerhistory.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 12:31 PM
Subject: [inforoots] Re: The IBM 7090 & Yacht Handicapping



> 
> 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
 
Relations between "another vendor"
  G.E. Computer Department
and MIT weren't too swift either.

A G.E. 645 engineering team, headed by Henry Chen,
 was left sitting in F. J. Corbato's   outer office 
for three days. Henry finally decided enough was enough
and took the team back to Phoenix.

I don't know what the dustup was about -
  but G.E. engineers figured that was more than rude.

Echoes from the past
  Ed Thelen