Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Anne & Lynn Wheeler Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: 1976 vs. 2016? Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 07:30:44 -0800 Organization: Wheeler&Wheeler Lines: 33 Message-ID: <87egdmrf17.fsf@garlic.com> References: <977171a2-738d-4405-9241-7cd8f403ef94@googlegroups.com> <1890315918.474203481.028383.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <20160111140758.6bafbe6db84b0bcf075cae9e@eircom.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="9a6c8ce24fcd2caeb84dd64e0fa6007c"; logging-data="24580"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18LMuvBPS2+MS2jL9PagrJQFGGjnTlBiDM=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Wni4sUf18XnOLIwvExXeLTXXUQw= sha1:2Ufe1dPHa/9niiQyChs7fzOh8dM= Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:156500 mausg@mail.com writes: > AAFAIRemeember, the data company, called Digilog(I Think) was a > airplane manafactures developement that was spun off. DIALOG ... article lookup ... sort of like lexis/nexis but different. would go by and visit them periodically ... i have some vague recollection that the guy that ran it was relative of some famous rock star ... this URL redirected https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialog_%28online_database%29 previous refs have gone 404, need to go to the wayback machine http://web.archive.org/web/20050123104257/http://www.dialog.com/about/history/pioneers1.pdf http://web.archive.org/web/20050123104318/http://www.dialog.com/about/history/pioneers2.pdf some past posts http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2001g.html#33 Did AT&T offer Unix to Digital Equipment in the 70s? http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2001g.html#46 The Alpha/IA64 Hybrid http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2002h.html#0 Search for Joseph A. Fisher VLSI Publication (1981) http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2002l.html#61 10 choices that were critical to the Net's success http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006b.html#30 Empires and Imperialism http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006b.html#38 blast from the past ... macrocode http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007k.html#60 3350 failures http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009m.html#88 Continous Systems Modelling Package http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009q.html#24 Old datasearches http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009q.html#44 Old datasearches http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009q.html#46 Old datasearches http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2010j.html#55 Article says mainframe most cost-efficient platform http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2011j.html#47 Graph of total world disk space over time? http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2014e.html#39 Before the Internet: The golden age of online services http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2014i.html#90 IBM Programmer Aptitude Test -- virtualization experience starting Jan1968, online at home since Mar1970