Re: 1950s TV computers

2016-03-02 Thread Jon Elson
On 03/02/2016 11:29 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote: On 03/02/2016 08:41 PM, Bob Rosenbloom wrote: Looks like a Bendix G15 at about 2:03 in the second video. Sharp eyes, Bob! I had completely ignore the intros by Truman Bradley as phonied-up props. But you're right--it is, in fact,a G-15. One th

Re: 1950s TV computers

2016-03-02 Thread Chuck Guzis
On 03/02/2016 08:41 PM, Bob Rosenbloom wrote: Looks like a Bendix G15 at about 2:03 in the second video. Sharp eyes, Bob! I had completely ignore the intros by Truman Bradley as phonied-up props. But you're right--it is, in fact,a G-15. One thing that I noted was that the word "transisto

Re: 1950s TV computers

2016-03-02 Thread Jon Elson
On 03/02/2016 10:41 PM, Bob Rosenbloom wrote: On 3/2/2016 5:41 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote: Here's another one from 1956: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33OFJEWUgQE Looks like a Bendix G15 at about 2:03 in the second video. Yup, absolutely, that is a G15. Jon

Re: 1950s TV computers

2016-03-02 Thread Bob Rosenbloom
On 3/2/2016 5:41 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote: I've been having fun looking at TV programs that I watched when the family had a 17" monochrome RCA set. At any rate, here's one such about a guy who gets shocked by a computer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-pfWhehSB4 Note that, about 3:20 in, the

1950s TV computers

2016-03-02 Thread Chuck Guzis
I've been having fun looking at TV programs that I watched when the family had a 17" monochrome RCA set. At any rate, here's one such about a guy who gets shocked by a computer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-pfWhehSB4 Note that, about 3:20 in, the guy doing the troubleshooting on the sys