On 01/07/2017 11:44 AM, Paul Koning wrote: >> 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 > > > RIght up there with Cincinnati Millichron The CM2000, 2100, 2200, TTLBitslice (6700) 16bit, and core machine my contact with it was 1974. I'd be hard pressed to prove they existed.
Allison
