classic computer stuff in Scientific American

Hi, One of my more interesting acquisitions along the way of looking for early-model calculators has been a nearly-complete set of Scientific American magazines from 1965-1978. In the 1960's issues there are a few interesting articles about computer development and evolution and some advertisements for old computer equipment. I am working on a list of these articles & ads which will take some time to complete, but I did want to point out one particular issue that has a wealth of info. & photos about mid 70's computer technology. The issue is the September 1977 special issue on Microelectronics. Inside, there are advertisements for things like the Bally "Home Library Computer", Apple II (2-page color spread), Texas Instruments 990/9900, Heathkit H8,H9,H10,H11, HP 21MX/HP1000, Harris S-110, E&L MMD-1 microcomputer, Vector Graphics, IMSAI (2-page color spread), Floating Point Systems, Digital LSI-11, Digital Group, Byte Shop, PolyMorphic Systems, and SOL-20. Also, in the articles, the following things (among many others) are covered or photographed: IMSAI 8048 SBC, Intel 8748 photograph, Intel SBC 80/10 & Intellec MDS-80, Burroughs B80, CRAY-1, IBM 370/168, PDP-11/03, 11/60, 11/70, Xerox PARC "Experimental Personal Computer", Smalltalk, and much, much more ;-) There's a lot of calculator stuff, too, which will eventually be documented on my Web page. If you're interested in this type of stuff, it might make a trip down to your local public library worthwhile to see if they still have this issue (on paper or fiche). Regards, Alex Calculator History & Technology Archive http://aknight.home.mindspring.com/calc.htm