Hi ED I only know Friden as the makers of the Flexowriter. It was something like a Teletype, but with many more characters. It was used heavily in the typesetting industry /Nico ----- Original Message ----- From: <COURYHOUSE at aol.com> To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>; <General at classiccmp.org>; <Discussion at classiccmp.org>; <On-Topiccctalk at classiccmp.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 10:13 AM Subject: Computers ... ARMY COMPUTERS! early & beastly with Friden What is it? -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. SPAMfighter has removed 1412 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len Do you have a slow PC? Try a Free scan http://www.spamfighter.com/SLOW-PCfighter?cid=sigen

On 2015-Jun-24, at 1:13 AM, COURYHOUSE at aol.com wrote: Looks like they could be photos of MOBIDIC, the Army 'Mobile Digital Computer' project from the 50s. Zoom in on the 2nd photo of the model here: http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/mobile-computing/18/315/1673 Note the mag tape units, the orientation and outline would match your second photo (the double vertical rectangles on the front in the model match those behind the left fellow's head and the right fellow's hand. Flexowriter also present in the model. Another version of the model down the page here: http://www.usarmygermany.com/Sont.htm?http&&&www.usarmygermany.… Your photos may be quite rare, the MOBIDIC project is often mentioned in computing history but photos of the actual MOBIDIC seem to be hard to come by.