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Tsk. You should know better, Ed -- this was debunked long ago: http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp I have seen other ads (without the wheel) and I doubt that a submarine could have held one of the monster computers from the time. This was before nuclear submarines and they were *SMALL* . I do not remember the power requirements of the computers back then but they had to have been huge so I do not think that a home computer was even remotely possible. Maybe some of the real old timers that remember what they were and how much it cost. Even in the 1950's electricity was expensive. WHich sort of brings up the side issue if it was for a submarine where were they going to get the power? Ed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
