9 Nov
2005
9 Nov
'05
8:36 a.m.
>>>> "woodelf" == woodelf
<bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca> writes:
woodelf> Allison wrote:
> After transistors the second evolution in
computers was packaging.
>
woodelf> No, I think Automatic wire wrapping was the big difference
woodelf> untill the 70's. Then it was the dip packaging of the
woodelf> transistors in the form of SSI and MSI.
Allison is right. Look at the CDC 6600 (1964). Skilled packaging is
one of many pieces of excellent engineering that made it possible.
paul