19 Jul
2005
19 Jul
'05
2:17 p.m.
On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, 'Computer Collector Newsletter' wrote:
Before we say the reporter was wrong, consider this:
of course the main SAGE
computers in the 1950s used vacuum tubes, but isn't it likely that the
later, remote facilities (like the one in this story) used transistors?
No.
;)
Plain and simple, this reporter did not do their homework.
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