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Post #161,398
by broomberg
6/24/04 8:26:29 AM
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New Nice that you are on the other side of the world
I go to sleep and wake up with a passionate, well written, well researched post to absorb.

No arguments. I have not researched enough, or had enough personal knowledge form a valid opinion. I'm leaning with 80% in your direction, with 20% hesitation, probably from pure emotion. And I'm too lazy to read / research further, so I'll leave it at that.

Thanks.
Post #161,404
by dmarker
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6/24/04 9:44:39 AM
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New My awareness is in part because

I was a branch spcialist (as a very very very) young man, on the gear in question.

IBM 011 hand card punch

IBM 024, 026, 029 punch (029 was post war gear)
IBM 056, 059 Verifier (059 was post war gear)
IBM 047 Paper tape to Card punch

I also worked with guys who were the specialist on 083 sorters 421 accounting tabulators 088s etc: etc:

I had seen much of the other equipment (Power-Sama - ICT). I later became a System/360 engineer then a software engineer then a systems engineer then a systems programmer then a ................

Cheers Doug
(so long ago)
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"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!".

-- Leonardo Da Vinci
     This is so bogus - (lincoln) - (16) - June 23, 2004, 10:44:28 AM EDT
         Maybe not - (drewk) - (3) - June 23, 2004, 10:55:54 AM EDT
             Can't tell - (lincoln) - (2) - June 23, 2004, 12:12:48 PM EDT
                 Only if you buy that "IBM didn't know". -NT - (mmoffitt) - (1) - June 23, 2004, 01:22:29 PM EDT
                     if you buy this - (SpiceWare) - June 23, 2004, 06:28:27 PM EDT
         Have that book - gave it up in disgust - wanted - (dmarker) - June 23, 2004, 05:00:21 PM EDT
         Go read the full history - (broomberg) - (8) - June 23, 2004, 07:19:39 PM EDT
             What IBM Personnel ? - working for who ? - (dmarker) - (6) - June 23, 2004, 11:04:08 PM EDT
                 I'm never sure - (broomberg) - (5) - June 24, 2004, 12:21:07 AM EDT
                     That is also my impression, over decades - (Ashton) - (1) - June 24, 2004, 02:47:28 AM EDT
                         I don't disagree with some of the comments about watson - (dmarker) - June 24, 2004, 09:37:45 AM EDT
                     DehoMag was a German company - (dmarker) - (2) - June 24, 2004, 07:54:36 AM EDT
                         Nice that you are on the other side of the world - (broomberg) - (1) - June 24, 2004, 08:26:29 AM EDT
                             My awareness is in part because - (dmarker) - June 24, 2004, 09:44:39 AM EDT
             Broom - I did like this link of yours :-) + more on Watson - (dmarker) - June 25, 2004, 06:31:37 AM EDT
         So does this means Jewish people and homosexual people - (Meerkat) - (1) - June 23, 2004, 10:36:00 PM EDT
             what about jewish homosexuals, do they get 2 checks? -NT - (boxley) - June 24, 2004, 11:18:12 AM EDT

There should be an opportunity for somebody here.
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