1 Apr
2009
1 Apr
'09
1:37 p.m.
>>>> "Sridhar" == Sridhar Ayengar
<ploopster at gmail.com> writes:
> What about Siemens? That's older than IBM. I
used one of theirs,
> years ago...
Sridhar> They were making electronics, but when did they start making
Sridhar> computers?
I don't know. I used a Siemens minicomputer around 1972. It was
driving an ultra-accurate flatbed plotter (with servo motors, not
steppers).
The only detail I remember about it is that it used hex, with digits
0-0 and B-G.
paul