19 Apr
2006
19 Apr
'06
9:34 a.m.
Oh, and it's
the only machine I've seen that uses rock in the construction - for stability,
the base of the main module is solid granite :-) (cost was IIRC 20 thousand
pounds in the mid-80's, so I suppose they could justify blowing a bit extra on
frills like that...)
Some Computervision CAD systems from the late 1970s or so have decorative
bits of wood on the racks - strips of Oak, I think. It really did not look
all that bad.
Inside were mostly PDP-11/34 systems, I think.
Not many people remember CV anymore.
William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org