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Califbill

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On Thu, 11 Feb 2016 20:14:49 -0500, Keyser Söze
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On 2/11/16 8:08 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 11 Feb 2016 19:35:56 -0500,
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On Thu, 11 Feb 2016 14:18:34 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

I was writing the user manuals for
minicomputers being sold to the Peoples Republic of China to aid in
weather forecasting for agricultural programs. Well, at least that was
their ostensible purpose.

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Whoa, there's another Harry Tale we haven't hear before. Did the
Chicoms use the computers to develop nuclear weapons? That would be a
nice embellishment.

I am having a little trouble with the time line. 1965 in Bethesda?
When was he at that Kansas college and the paper? How old is this guy?

Where did 1965 come from? This was a decade and a half, nearly, later.

By 1980, we had pretty much run all of our competition out of town.
Certainly Burroughs and Control Data.

Between the name and great salesmen, IBM did very well. We lost Macy's
California POS business to you guys. Our salesman said they would have to
run the data cables in conduit over the fluorescent fixtures to the
terminals. IBM guy told them did not need to. He knew the fire department
required that, and would be done, wether needed or not. Smart guy.