On 23 Apr 2009 at 11:02, Rosemary Pettit wrote:
As part of the promotion of this product, each Sales
office got one.
I was in Atlanta at that time (1966). So I got some time on it and
hauled it out to Lockheed for a dog and pony show. Was called the
6060. No manual that I ever found even though I looked for years.
I remember how heavy it was, a real back breaker to lug around.
Eventually we had to send it back for "updating" and it was never
returned.
If I ever saw literature on one, I've long forgotten about it. In a
sense, I suppose this qualifies as one of the earlier remote
interactive timesharing setups. I don't recall seeing any code
related to this device (PP or CP); so it must have been a setup under
COS and been long gone by the time SCOPE was deployed.
Amazing that one found its way as a 1985 movie prop.
--Chuck