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To: carl a. mehr who wrote (98123)2/2/2000 10:59:00 PM
From: Craig M. Newmark  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 186894
 
Carl and All,

News from tomorrow's Wall Street Journal:

"Computer chip maker Intel Corp. has landed a contract to supply Sweden's Telefon AB L.M. Ericsson with $1.5 billion in flash-memory chips over the next three years, one of the first major deals in its effort to tap into the fast-growing market for cellular phones."

Ka-ching!

Craig



To: carl a. mehr who wrote (98123)2/3/2000 2:35:00 AM
From: Paul Engel  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 186894
 
Carl - Re: "I wonder if Paul Engel or anyone else for that matter, had ever heard this computer?...."

Yes indeed I have heard of this.

I read several histories of the early computers - obviously the Mauchly-Eckert ENIAC gets the most press.

Mauchly actually met and knew Atanasoff - at Ames - when Atanasoff was building his ABC computer.

A decent summary - for me at least - is "The Computer Establishment" by Katherine Davis Fishman (1981).

Paul




To: carl a. mehr who wrote (98123)2/3/2000 7:08:00 AM
From: nihil  Respond to of 186894
 
I certainly did hear of it. Congratulations. Honor to whom honor is due.



To: carl a. mehr who wrote (98123)2/3/2000 9:23:00 AM
From: Tony Viola  Respond to of 186894
 
Carl, there was an article about that Iowa State computer on the wall at work for quite a while. One thing that sticks in my mind is that, after they loaded a job into it (however that was) they had to wait 55 hours for an answer! The article didn't say it, but I have to believe it was maybe the answer came out.

Tony