On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 4:34 PM, Brent Hilpert <hilp...@cs.ubc.ca> wrote:
> > On 2016-Jan-15, at 4:12 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote: > > Ah, old eyes! > > > > I originally read the title of the thread as "Retrocomputing on Stock > Excahange". > > > > So, does anyone collect Bunker-Ramo gear here? > > > > Just curious, > > Chuck > > > Well, collecting Bunker-Ramo stuff as an objective would be overstating > it, but I have a 1960s Bunker-Ramo modem (Bell 202, half-duplex, 1200bps, > discrete transistor, about the size of two toasters). Not much to do with > it, as there is (or I have) nothing else to talk to it. > > I'm guessing: are you mentioning BR here in relation to stock exchanges - > were they a major supplier for stock exchange data services? > > Likewise, not a conscious collection but I do have a BR-2412. It's a pretty interesting machine, based on the Nuclear Data 812. It lights up, but doesn't respond to much. I really want to dig into it - soon, soon. I even have some sample code for it, courtesy of the US Government! I also have the peripheral interface unit, but I have NO data on that. -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Archivist, Voices From the Rwanda Tribunal <http://tribunalvoices.org> Value Sensitive Design Research Lab <http://vsdesign.org> University of Washington There is an old Vulcan saying: "Only Nixon could go to China."
