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Article #620629Re: DEC's 60th anniversary?
From: Peter Flass
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2018 22:55
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2018 22:55
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"ca...@ieee.org <Peter Capek> wrote: > On Saturday, February 10, 2018 at 1:56:44 PM UTC-5, Gareth's Downstairs Computer wrote: > >> Anybody here worked in the Maynard Woollen mill >> that features in some of the PDP8 small computer >> handbooks? > > I didn't work there, but I did visit a friend once who did. Not sure > what year, but I do recall seeing > a wave-solder machine placed directly beneath a large glob (several cubic > feet in volume) of lanolin which had accreted from processing on the > floor above, and was hanging from the ceiling. Recall that the building > had produced blankets for the Civil War. I wish I'd had a camera with me. > > I was in the neighborhood a few months ago and decided to drive by. The > building is still standing and > looks very nice. It's partly rented out to a few businesses including a > brewery. But I think most of it > is empty. Now I have a few pictures, but no good way to show them to you. > Flickr, or similar photo sharing site. Probably a lot of people would be interested. -- Pete
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