When I started high school in 1956 I remember that there were IBM clocks
all through the school and they were syncronized by a master clock.
I don't know if the system was hard wired or the if the clocks received
a radio signal.
In 1963 I started working for Slippery Rock State College and there
were IBM clocks but I don't think they were synchronized. They were
very old and discolored. One day a clever IBM salesman told our
business manager that he would buy a new clock for his office in
exchange for the IBM clock. I think the salesman paid $3.00 for an
ordinary kitchen wall clock and made the exchange. I'm sure that he
was laughing all the way home.
/Fran Hensler at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania USA for 44 years
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"Yes, Virginia, there is a Slippery Rock"
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On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:37:43 -0400 Jim Bohnsack said:
>I remember that when I started school in a one room country school house
>in 1949 that there was a clock on the wall that said, on the front face,
>"IBM". If I ever get back to Beecher, IL, maybe I'll drive out there in
>the off chance that the building is still there and not being used. If
>so, I might be tempted to break in and steal the clock if it's still
>there.
