On Fri, 11 Aug 2000 18:38:18 BST, Lloyd Wood said:
> > Also, whether or not Thomas J Watson said 5 or not, it's interesting to go
> > back and look at how many of the beasts IBM actually *DID* sell - I do believe
> > that IBM installed one system "on display" in NYC where passers-by could see
> > the system. And only 5 or 6 others of that model were made, unless I misremember
> > my history.
>
> Wood's maxim: those that misremember their history are doomed to
> repeat it. On mailing lists.
I've been notified by somebody who was THERE that the first machine at
IBM World was the SSEC was a one-off, and the second was an IBM 701, which
had a production run of about 20.
I stand corrected, having confused the first and second machines, and
being a factor of 4 off. It's been a while since I read the book on
IBM's early history, and I personally didn't show up till the very end
of the S/360/Dec-20 days...
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Valdis Kletnieks
Operating Systems Analyst
Virginia Tech
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