> On Jan 6, 2017, at 9:46 PM, Rick Bensene <ri...@bensene.com> wrote:
>
> ...
> The machine was made by Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing (aka 3M
> Corporation). Today, there seems to be no record that 3M ever was in the
> computer business. But...it was.
Not a drum computer but another example of a company not known for computers
that nevertheless built one: Goodyear. A supercomputer called STARAN, a very
odd architecture. Actually based on an earlier one built at Sanders Associates
(a defense contractor) invented by a friend of ours, William Shooman.
The Computer Museum, back when it was at Digital in their Marlboro, MA
building, had pieces of the STARAN.
paul
