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2010-08-27 Caribbean-Latin America

Blog del Narco Removed by Google, Reinstated

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Posted by badanov 2010-08-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 The really appalling thing is that I once worked on the machine type shown in the pic - a CDC 6000 series, I believe. Unfortunately, our operator looked nothing like that.

Posted by Nero 2010-08-27 00:28|| 2010-08-27 00:28|| Front Page Top

#2 Take a look at the LPG-30, Royal McBee. I worked on one of those. That unit is still running, doing the same job every day. 'Desk sized' means size of a desk in this case. Freidan Flex writer, 1.1 cps as I recall. Pre transistor, pre core memory. Never failed.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2010-08-27 05:30|| 2010-08-27 05:30|| Front Page Top

#3 It may be time to upgrade. Of course, intel is often slow.

Posted by newc 2010-08-27 07:25|| 2010-08-27 07:25|| Front Page Top

#4 My understanding is that the operator is lotp, the photograph from her personal collection. We did have an operator who looked like her. And we never had trouble filling her shift, so she got a double shift incentive for working graveyard.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-08-27 07:25|| 2010-08-27 07:25|| Front Page Top

#5 The pic for a moment caused me to slip into a 1960s reverie.

Posted by JohnQC 2010-08-27 07:48|| 2010-08-27 07:48|| Front Page Top

#6 It's a CDC 6600. Note the 'dual screens'. Worked on one in college.

Programming Reference Manual

Posted by Mullah Richard 2010-08-27 09:42|| 2010-08-27 09:42|| Front Page Top

#7 It looks like it was a prop from Space: 1999.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-08-27 18:18|| 2010-08-27 18:18|| Front Page Top

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