Hitachi at 1964 Worlds Fair - Was Re: 1968 Hitachi HIDIC 100 Mini Computer
On 11/23/18 10:45 AM, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: Sales Brochure scanned https://www.vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=587 Bill One of my earliest computer "game" memories, was at the Hitachi exhibit from the 1964 New York Worlds Fair. I remember a small single capsule that had a CRT display that gave a simulation of a rocket launch. The display showed a single point and the axis on either side were labeled, probably altitude and speed. I dimly recall the controls as simple buttons. I've only found a few bits of documentation on the web - http://nywf64.com/japan10.shtml where it is listed as an Analog Computer and Capcel. When I went back in 1965, the capsule was still there, but non-functional. If anyone has info or recollections about the exhibit I'd be interested and appreciative of in anything you might be willing to share. Jerry
Re: 1968 Hitachi HIDIC 100 Mini Computer
On 23/11/2018 19:03, Jason T via cctalk wrote: On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 12:43 PM Bill Degnan wrote: I did, link at bottom Got it. OCR'd and posted here: http://chiclassiccomp.org/docs/index.php?dir=%2Fcomputing/Hitachi The text on the title page goog-lates to "Thunder calculator for eye control", which is certainly clear to me... j 日立 = Hitachi 制御 - control 用 - use 電子 - electronic (the OCR seems to have picked the wrong kanji here, either that or I have :-)) 計算機 - calculator/computer So a Hitachi computer that provides/implements electronic control. I love google translate sometimes :-) Antonio -- Antonio Carlini anto...@acarlini.com
Re: 1968 Hitachi HIDIC 100 Mini Computer
On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 12:43 PM Bill Degnan wrote: > > I did, link at bottom Got it. OCR'd and posted here: http://chiclassiccomp.org/docs/index.php?dir=%2Fcomputing/Hitachi The text on the title page goog-lates to "Thunder calculator for eye control", which is certainly clear to me... j
Re: 1968 Hitachi HIDIC 100 Mini Computer
I did, link at bottom On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 1:27 PM Jason T via cctalk wrote: > On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 10:46 AM Bill Degnan via cctalk > wrote: > > > > Sales Brochure scanned > > https://www.vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=587 > > Please do scan the whole thing when you are able. I can OCR the > Japanese text (or Acrobat can, at least...I'll have no idea what it > says :) > > j >
Re: 1968 Hitachi HIDIC 100 Mini Computer
On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 10:46 AM Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: > > Sales Brochure scanned > https://www.vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=587 Please do scan the whole thing when you are able. I can OCR the Japanese text (or Acrobat can, at least...I'll have no idea what it says :) j
1968 Hitachi HIDIC 100 Mini Computer
Sales Brochure scanned https://www.vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=587 Bill
