rickb@uunet.uu.net> (08/25/90)
In <11261@accuvax.nwu.edu> petrilli@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Chris Petrilli) writes: >This is nothing ... a friend of mine has a Wang Programmable >Calculator Mainframe (key word) ... it supports six add on >"terminals", and is implemented in discrete logic (i.e. 1000s of >transistors). The main unit is about 4'x4', and makes an aweful sound >when on. At the moment it doesn't work, and for some strange reason, >Wang doesn't support it anymore (I wonder....). The date on it is 1969. Looks like time for comp.old.calculators. I have TWO of these, and a large number of the 'terminals'. I also have a working Wang LOKI-1, which I believe is Wang's FIRST calculator. Hardly a pocket-sized device. I'm always interested in old-calculator stories. Let's carry the rest of this discussion out via EMail, however, and leave comp.dcom.telecom for telecommunications topics.