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[CM] the ECHO IV home computer, 50 years later

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From the «home before it wass cool» department:
Title: The ECHO IV home computer: 50 years later
Author: Thom Holwerda
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2016 16:41:21 -0400
Link: http://osnews.com/story/29239/The_ECHO_IV_home_computer_50_years_later

This year we celebrate the 50th anniversary of a home computer built and
operated more than a decade before 'official' home computers arrived on the
scene. Yes, before the 'trinity' of the Apple II, the Commodore PET and the
Radio Shack TRS-80 - all introduced in 1977 - Jim Sutherland, a quiet engineer
and family man in Pittsburgh, was building a computer system on his own for his
family. Sutherland configured this new computer system to control many aspects
of his home with his wife and children as active users. It truly was a home
computer - that is, the house itself was part of the computer and its use was
integrated into the family's daily routines. "It is not easy to be a pioneer -
but oh, it is fascinating! I would not trade one moment, even the worst moment,
for all the riches in the world." (Elizabeth Blackwell).


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[CM] the ECHO IV home computer, 50 years later RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2016-06-04 00:02 +0000
  Re: [CM] the ECHO IV home computer, 50 years later Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-06-03 17:30 -0700
    Re: [CM] the ECHO IV home computer, 50 years later Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-06-03 22:18 -0400
      Re: [CM] the ECHO IV home computer, 50 years later "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-04 11:06 +0100
        Re: [CM] the ECHO IV home computer, 50 years later Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-06-04 09:39 -0400
          Re: [CM] the ECHO IV home computer, 50 years later "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-06-11 10:45 -0500
          Re: [CM] the ECHO IV home computer, 50 years later hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-06-11 13:19 -0700
  Re: [CM] the ECHO IV home computer, 50 years later Al Kossow <aek@bitsavers.org> - 2016-06-03 17:38 -0700

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