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Article #1287Re: Anyone (else) own a Geniac/Brainiac?
From: to... Tom Almy
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 1990 20:26
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 1990 20:26
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In article <1990Feb9.0...@noao.edu> sea...@noao.edu (Rob Seaman CCS) writes: >In article <38...@apple.Apple.COM>, stu...@Apple.COM (Harold Stuart) writes: >> It was called "DIGICOMP", and came in both basic and advanced models, as I >> remember. > > I just dug my DIGI-COMP 1 (the "first real operating digital > computer in plastic") out of a box on the top of the shelf in my > office. Yep, and I had one too, besides my Geniac. This thing actually worked well (unlike the Geniac), but it wasn't as flexible. I was also much older when I got it. I know it didn't seem to take quite the bite out of my finances. So the Geniac/Brainiac dates back to 1958, or earlier (?). The DIGI-COMP was about 1963 (judging from a posting) The Cardiac was about 1970 (judging from a posting) Any other early "home computers," or particularly any before the Geniac/Brainiac? How about it, historians? These things weren't technological marvels -- they all could have been made any time in this century. Tom Almy to...@tekgvs.labs.tek.com Standard Disclaimers Apply
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tekcrl!tekgvs!toma From: to...@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Anyone (else) own a Geniac/Brainiac? Message-ID: <6834@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM> Date: 9 Feb 90 20:26:35 GMT References: <6822@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM> <840@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM> <38470@apple.Apple.COM> <1990Feb9.002747.2717@noao.edu> Reply-To: to...@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy) Distribution: alt Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR. Lines: 26 Posted: Fri Feb 9 21:26:35 1990 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit