On 3/7/12 1:53 PM, "Al Kossow" <aek at bitsavers.org> wrote:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/220970605899
This ICBM COMPUTER is one of ONLY 10 that were armed and ready to fire
at Russia or anyone else if necessary during the cold war arms race.
These are credited for stopping the soviet union from placing nuclear
missiles in CUBA in 1960 to 1962.
They were decommissioned by the strategic are command and the hard drive
and memory banks were erased.
This is the first personnel computer that could run with commands on its'
own.
The movie Dr. Strangelove was a scary horror comedy about these missiles
and the people that might push the button, and not be able to stop if
needed.
--
This this is clearly a dangerous munition, so I've reported it to eBay.
I would suggest others do the same, for the safely of our children and
our precious bodily essence.
Why might a desktop computer be superior to a laptop? Because when one's
response to a post like this causes one to emit a spray/stream of one's
current beverage of choice, you're only replacing a keyboard, not the
whole device. :-)
I note that this listing has since been removed from eBay. Really, no
kidding. -- Ian