17 Aug
2014
17 Aug
'14
7:20 a.m.
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 23:31:00 -0500
Subject: if it seems too good to be true...
From: "A. P. Garcia" <a.phillip.garcia at gmail.com>
Sender: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org
I've seen paperweights that contain replicas of the first transistor to
commemorate its invention. I'm guessing that's the sort of thing this is?
Anyone seen one of these before and knows for sure?
Item: Univac I Computer Serial # 001 Plaque 1951 US Dept of Commerce Bureau
of Census
<http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=191287398219&alt=web>
The CHM has one just like it. They call it a replica.
http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102630940