There's a mention of the Datamatic 1000 in Hugh Blair-Smith's "Left
Brains for the Right Stuff" (on the development of the Apollo Guidance
Computer software), and gives an account that the B&O D-1000 got
flooded when a rooftop water tank burst, and hot tubes met cold water.
Early work on the AGC w
CZ wrote:
> Dumb asses couldn't even get the computer right.
>
> "A highlight of the sale is a computer that Allen helped restore and on
> which he worked, a DEC PDP-10: KI-10. Built in 1971, it’s the first
> computer that both Allen and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates ever used
> prior to f
