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To: MikeH who wrote (4737)	11/1/1999 11:03:00 AM
From: Alexander	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6418

"The ancient Egyptians invented rudimentary steam engines, and all they ever amounted to were curios." Source Please???? I have travelled all over Egypt and never have I seen or heard of anything resembling any type of machine, either in their History or their artifacts ???? They did magnificent things but that is not one of them. Archeologists have never come up with anything resembling such.;-)

To: MikeH who wrote (4737)	11/1/1999 11:47:00 AM
From: Alexander	Respond to of 6418

Mike..I worked on an IBM CICS system on a Mainframe in 1970, The largest system in the world at the time..Hallmatk Cards ! ! ! Every Hallmark Card Shop in the world was fully computerized in the 70's. Their Computer Complex filled an entire City Block in Kansas City..I worked in Connecticut which was connected.. The pioneering of the Computer happened back in the 40's in this country..If you want to research its History, you have to start with the Abacus is ancient China..then the Germans took it from there..Time Life Published a very useful Computer Encyclopedia beginning in the 70's..your generation will take its place in History as the Movers and Shakers of the PC World...;-) PS. The language at that time was Cobal which has been very useful in the repair of the Y2K problems..;-)