20 Nov
2012
20 Nov
'12
3:22 p.m.
On 20 November 2012 15:18, mick mbm@rlogin.net wrote:
On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:06:08 +0000 Laurie Brown laurie@brownowl.com allegedly wrote:
This is one for we old geeks. Reminds me of my first job as a Computer Operator on a Honeywell 120, back in 1973.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2235139/The-2-5ton-calculator...
Cheers, Laurie.
"The WITCH [...] had a multiplication time of between five and ten seconds. Modern day computers work in less than a second."
Classic piece of Mail reporting - technically illiterate.
Mick
Come on Mick, this is The Mail you didn't expect accuracy no did you. ;-)
Cheers, BJ