Re: 1977: PDP ties together emergency reporting network

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From: Grant Taylor
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 20:33

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On 06/20/2018 01:59 PM, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
> PDP 11/10 and 11/40 computers used to route Chicago's emergency calls
> in 1977.

I've got a long time friend & colleague who managed 911 Computer Aided 
Dispatch systems for about 20 years.

"Life Threatening" and "Where's the Fire" have a new meaning for his 
pages during system outages / issues.  }:-)

-- 
Grant. . . .
unix || die

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