Re: Early Univac Commercial

2019-09-20 Thread Paul Berger via cctalk
On 2019-09-20 12:52 p.m., Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: On 9/20/19 8:16 AM, William Sudbrink via cctalk wrote: Isn't there also one that's a "help wanted" for programming positions? I seem to recall that they didn't say anything about professional training or experience, just things like "do

Re: Early Univac Commercial

2019-09-20 Thread Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk
Yea, I recall having to take that test. I almost didn’t because my degree is EE but then they realized I was applying for SW positions. Go figure! ;-) Worked there for 17+ years. TTFN - Guy > On Sep 20, 2019, at 8:52 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk > wrote: > > On 9/20/19 8:16 AM, William

Re: Early Univac Commercial

2019-09-20 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 9/20/19 8:16 AM, William Sudbrink via cctalk wrote: > Isn't there also one that's a "help wanted" for programming positions? > I seem to recall that they didn't say anything about professional training > or experience, just things like "do you have a logical, ordered way of > thinking?" I

RE: Early Univac Commercial

2019-09-20 Thread William Sudbrink via cctalk
[mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Chuck Guzis via cctalk Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2019 10:10 PM To: Marvin Johnston via cctalk Subject: Re: Early Univac Commercial There are several Univac commercials in the archive.org video library. I like the one that talks about he

Re: Early Univac Commercial

2019-09-19 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
There are several Univac commercials in the archive.org video library. I like the one that talks about he Univac "memory tank", which, it really was. The curious thing was that Remington Rand ran commercials not only for UNIVAC computers, but also for shavers and typewriters. --Chuck

Early Univac Commercial

2019-09-19 Thread Marvin Johnston via cctalk
I was watching an early airing of "What's My Line", and they aired a commercial by Remington Rand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-DNG_bbHDE The commercial starts about 19:30 and shows the Univac being used in a weather prediction. Not much useful information, but the video is quite