4 May
2013
4 May
'13
4:25 p.m.
On 5/2/2013 5:53 PM, Paxton Hoag wrote:
I think the one you have that is "squarish"
on the right of the photos on
Here is an update with more of the story. Looks like it will be a
mystery till more info pops out. I recall the Ford saga as well,
considered going there at one point, but they didn't really have any
openings when I was looking.
This is talking about the photo I posted. I'm adding the link below so
this story stands on its own.
http://imgur.com/a/6FnnP
Peter,
It is one of the first CRT terminals that was connected to Multics.
When we progressed from tty's (teletypes) to real terminals, I had to
'beg' to have one on my desk at the office so that I could communicate
to my customers at Ford Motor Company. The ability to send messages and
communicate electronically was phenomenal and I could be so much more
productive. Having a terminal at home was.....way out of the question.
(It took a year to get a terminal approved.)
I had the good fortune to be the Honeywell Account Exec on the Ford
Computer Sciences Department installation from 1970 thru 1983-1984.
Ford wanted Multics very badly. Honeywell simply would not deliver.
(They had wanted it since it first surfaced in the late '60's).
I could share many stories of the struggle to keep Multics alive and the
enthusiasm that Ford had for the product; and, the deception and
outright lies that emanated from the highest levels of Honeywell
management. If you have time for a bottle of wine one afternoon, I'd be
happy to relate them.
Best regards,
Bernard Licata
Former: Honeywell Account Exec for Ford Motor
that page is the style that Honeywell used for
airline uses, and is hard to
tell at a glance from one made by Univac. I had a Univac which looked
almost identical to that one with an 8080.
I also think it is an early airline terminal. Some of them had a non
standard connectors. A photo of the connector would also be valuable.
Pax