Hi Bill,
thanks again for your considerations!
--- Bill Degnan <billdegnan at gmail.com> wrote:
BTW - there is no evidence that the 1601 was not
produced
at all, is there???
No, there is no evidence. But they founded ROLM in 1969 and they
had no experience on designing a MIL-SPEC computer (until than
only highly specialized MIL-SPEC computers had been designed taking
years each) and only limited experience on computers at all. So
I can hardly imagine, that they founded ROLM, agreed with DG on the
architecture, developed the design, implemented the shock and heat
management, tested against the MIL-SPECs set up production within
only 2 years. Here is a nice video of a discussion with the founders
recorded by the CHM:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyTuxVQgw6c
The brochure came from a local office near where I
used to live in
New Jersey USA.?? It could be that very few were made
Yes, maybe some where made for trade shows and to try out how to
build a MIL-SPEC computer. But regarding commercial sales I am still
sceptic (no proof as you say)...
Thanks,
Erik.