developed in the 1940's in in England and the US. There were card sorting
systems but no actual computers.
BTW thanks all at home working with a psychopathic ferret. The new one is a
biter.
larry
At 04:20 PM 3/5/2004, you wrote:
>I remember reading an old science fiction story that I just couldn't
>make sense of. There was a computer that kept complaining about the
>calculator. It apparently was well-wired, as it was present even at
>meetings. AI made it talk.
>
>After a couple of rereadings, I realized that "computer" was the guy's
>job. The story was from circa 1930, when electronic and mechanical
>computers were weak and building-sized.
>
>--benD
>
>Charlie Griefer wrote:
>
> > about a year ago PC Magazine ran an anniversary special where they fondly
> > looked back at the past 50,000 years of computing history.
> >
> > they reprinted a letter that was sent in circa...1988 (...?) that was a
> > complaint regarding one of their recent issues that professed to review
> word
> > processors. The complaint was that the reviews were looking at word
> > processing *software*, while this person wanted to go out and buy an actual
> > word processor. he was quite upset.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "brobborb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 3:48 PM
> > Subject: Old Computer Magazines
> >
> > > The other day i was reading up one of my old mac magazines
> (MacUser). it
> > was from 1996. A read wrote something about can't waiting to use a Digital
> > Video Disc! haha.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
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