26 Aug
2011
26 Aug
'11
3:32 a.m.
There is conversation in the community about ensuring its preservation. :-) -- Ian
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From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of
Rick Bensene [rickb at bensene.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 5:19 AM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: RE: What's 6 Feet Tall and Weighs 1,500 Pounds? A Minicomputer
Brent Hilpert wrote:
Gee, they went looking for a 7094 but only found a 7090, how dejecting
is that.
Seriously though, I do understand if the museum has a particular
mandate or focus.
The quest for a 7094 comes from the fact that it was the first machine
that IBM sold that could support a true timesharing computing
environment. Mr. Allen's focus is on historical timeshare computing
environments, because that's where he and Gates cut their teeth learning
about programming and operating systems.
While the 7090 was cool, it didn't have the hardware capabilities needed
to do timesharing. I sure hope *someone* rescue[ds] that 7090.