Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 06:36:32 -0700
From: Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org>
To: cctalk at
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Subject: Re: curious to know if anyone knows what computer this is
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On 7/21/14 7:34 PM, Lori Emerson wrote:
Hi all, you might have seen this going around online
today - but I can't
for the life of me figure out what kind of computer Mickey is posing with.
Anyone know?
http://parksandresorts.wdpromedia.com/media/disneyparks/blog/wp-content/upl…
Lori
Below is a link to an article from the 11/1/82 issue of ComputerWorld about "Epcot
Computer Central" and Sperry Univac's sponsorship of the exhibit. The story
indicates that they had four Univac V77 minicomputers there, in various configurations, as
well as six VAXes. I imagine your photo relates to that.
http://books.google.com/books?id=OrmcqtZUTMoC&pg=PA19&dq=%22mickey+…
You can also watch a video of the opening ceremony of Epcot Computer Central (10/18/82)
here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3lZW39D1pQ - featuring what was known as "The
Computer Song"
There is a photo looking into the processing center at Epcot here:
http://www.solarius.com/dvp/wdw/communicore.htm - I think you can see some Sperry
terminals on the right.