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From: brust@hyper.UUCP (Steven Brust)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: The Forbin Project
Message-ID: <145@hyper.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 22-Mar-85 13:53:44 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 22 13:53:44 1985
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> 
> When we saw the Colossus machine room, the "willing
> suspension of disbelief" was dissolved in a pool of laughter.  The
> console for Colossus was made up of several (identical) front panels
> from IBM 1620's.
> 
> 
>   -- Andrew Klossner   (decvax!tektronix!orca!andrew)       [UUCP]
>                        (orca!andrew.tektronix@csnet-relay)  [ARPA]

I remember that!  Yes!  Hysterical!  On the other hand, the 1620
is probably the best computer IBM has built to date.
Have you ever worked with one?  WATY RCTY...table look-up
add...what a machine!