[inforoots] Eckert ENIAC Interview

[Utleyb at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/15/2006 11:56:44 AM Central Standard Time,  
barrie at look.ca writes:

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Sorry about the addressing  of this missive !

I bought a USB adapter to give me more 'plugs' and  the young shop clerk 
made a comment on how technology had advanced.   He thought it was 
marvelous that one could just plug into a USB.  I  did not have the heart 
to tell him that this technology was used in the  early 60's by Elliott Bros 
of the UK.  The computer was the 920C  which allowed several CPUs, blocks of 
memory and controllers to be plugged  in onto one common bus.  I believe it 
allowed hot swapping too.   It was so rugged (military) and cheap that GE 
Syracuse stopped (1968)  development of their similar product


At 08:30 AM 2/15/06 -0800, you  wrote:
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>material to the Computer History Museum located in Mountain View,  
>California,  USA.
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>http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/hardware/story/0,10801,108568,00.
html?source=x10
>is  the transcript of a long ago interview with Presper Eckert on the  
>ENIAC. It was pointed to by  /.
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>jay
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Regards,

Barrie  Robinson
barrie at look.ca  

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But you must admit, it wasn't quite plug and play...
 
Brian Utley
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