: Unknown Intel blinkenlight panel circa 1973

Chuck Guzis cclist at sydex.com
Mon Jun 15 11:41:39 CDT 2020


I did say that (with a pun):  "Intel Memory Systems was very big in the
early-mod 1970s." in my original post.

The "mod revival" occurred in the UK in the late 1970s.

--Chuck



On 6/15/20 9:19 AM, Jay Jaeger wrote:
> Yes, but that is *MID* 70s, not early 70s
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jun 15, 2020, at 10:44 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
>>
>> On 6/15/20 8:19 AM, Jay Jaeger wrote:
>>> The IBM mainframe memory add ons  I was familiar with were from Itel rather than Intel.  I don’t see how intel could have had semi memory for mainframes in the early 1970s.
>>>
>>
>> Intel used to brag in its ads that it manufactured more memory than IBM.
>> Look into some of the old (75-78) Computerworld ads online,say:
>>
>> shorturl.at/djnEV
>>
>> For a timeline of add-on memory see:
>>
>> https://www.intel-vintage.info/timeline19691979.htm
>>
>> Particularly those entries starting with "IN-"
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Chuck


-- 
--Chuck

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