I miss the two Wang 360s+heads I had, more so now that I've seen on eBay a Teletype interface.
Some day will have one again -pete On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 12:03 PM, Mazzini Alessandro via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > We could debate about wang having a precedence. Various consider the > Programma101 the real first personal computer > > -----Messaggio originale----- > Da: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] Per conto di Chuck > Guzis via cctalk > Inviato: sabato 19 agosto 2017 20:55 > A: Rick Bensene via cctalk > Oggetto: Re: Olivetti Programma 101 on EBay > > On 08/19/2017 11:00 AM, Rick Bensene via cctalk wrote: > > > The Programma 101 is indeed a benchmark machine in electronic calculator > history. While not the first programmable electronic calculator as many > claim, it definitely set the standard for a long time (especially during > this particularly frenetic period of electronics development), until the HP > 9100A came out in '68. I don't want to diminish its place in history > in any way. But... > > It's interesting that there appear to be relatively few listing for old > Wang calculators. Surely they hold precedence over the Olivetti boxes > and the HP ones. > > I can vaguely remember sitting in front of a LOCI-2 and giving up trying > to figure it out. > > --Chuck > > > > >
