Bernie S of 2600 magazine fame will be attending Festivus. He said: "Btw, Saturday I'll be stopping by the Radio Technology Museum to retrieve some restored wire recordings from the 1940's that my late father made. Wire recording predated magnetic tape, and was used by the 1950 SEAC computer for data storage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEAC_%28computer%29 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEAC_(computer)>" <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEAC_(computer)>If anyone is interested in seeing this 1940's wire recording technology demonstrated on Saturday, then let Evan or myself know. Bernie would be happy to demonstrate it at the Antique Radio Technology Museum. -- Jeff Brace
I have to admit, I saw the subject line and thought it was the Senator from Vermont. On Dec 4, 2017 11:32 AM, "Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic" < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Bernie S of 2600 magazine fame will be attending Festivus.
He said: "Btw, Saturday I'll be stopping by the Radio Technology Museum to retrieve some restored wire recordings from the 1940's that my late father made. Wire recording predated magnetic tape, and was used by the 1950 SEAC computer for data storage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ SEAC_%28computer%29 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEAC_(computer)>"
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEAC_(computer)>If anyone is interested in seeing this 1940's wire recording technology demonstrated on Saturday, then let Evan or myself know. Bernie would be happy to demonstrate it at the Antique Radio Technology Museum.
-- Jeff Brace
On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 11:35 AM, Christopher Gioconda via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I have to admit, I saw the subject line and thought it was the Senator from Vermont.
Yeah, that's pretty funny! I never thought about it until I googled "Bernie S" and found the politician at the top of the list. FYI: Festivus is a no politics zone. Just vintage computer geekery and nerdery. Let's keep things light and keep the politics at home guys! Ain't nobody got time for dat!
On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 11:35 AM, Christopher Gioconda via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I have to admit, I saw the subject line and thought it was the Senator from Vermont.
I don't know if you remember but a younger Bernie Sanders used to be the spokesperson for the Elstart Amigo computer. Remember? "The only compua I'd eva uz" Bill
Bernie S of 2600 magazine fame will be attending Festivus.
Legacy MARCH trivia: it was Bernie's idea to call our holiday party "Festivus" a few years ago.
He said: "Btw, Saturday I'll be stopping by the Radio Technology Museum to retrieve some restored wire recordings from the 1940's that my late father made. Wire recording predated magnetic tape, and was used by the 1950 SEAC computer for data storage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEAC_%28computer%29 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEAC_(computer)>"
Already saw it. :) But he's right, SEAC did use this technology. Deep trivia: SEAC = Standards Eastern Automatic Computer. There was also SWAC, the Standards Western Automatic Computer. "Standards" meant it was made/owned by the National Bureau of Standards government agency, which we know today as NIST. Deeper trivia! Many of the same people who made SEAC in 1950 went on to design NBS' next computer, DYSEAC, in two 40-ft. trailers. DYSEAC was a one-time prototype. "Dy-" just meant "second"; today it'd be called SEAC 2.0.
I'd like to think that it would have been called "SEAC Vista" today, or "SEAC Alley Cat" for those who favor a more Cupertino-ish naming convention. On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 11:40 AM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
DYSEAC was a one-time prototype. "Dy-" just meant "second"; today it'd be called SEAC 2.0.
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