50 yrs. ago today

[Chuck Guzis]

On 10/29/19 11:53 AM, William Sudbrink via cctalk wrote:
> Chuck Guzis wrote
>> 50 years ago, inter-computer communication was common enough that it was
>> a standard option in most vendors' catalogs.
>>
>> Maybe you've got a digit wrong?
> 
> 500 years ago?  A pair of abaci (or abacuses?) linked with strings?

I wonder if computer-to-computer connection dates back 70 years. (5->7)
Same number digits, just one of them changed.

--Chuck