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Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941

From John Levine <johnl@taugh.com>
Newsgroups alt.folklore.computers
Subject Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941
Date 2020-03-12 17:38 +0000
Organization Taughannock Networks
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References <fb7657ab-e8c5-48a0-87d0-f049a13fa756@googlegroups.com> <e53j6f16pdi5a6k64lq570b1vp4fks2qhb@4ax.com> <4b88a263-0135-42c3-a4de-e96d7ad9ec70@googlegroups.com> <us4k6f56di6qjkppup5j6lll32nh7e8oit@4ax.com>

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In article <us4k6f56di6qjkppup5j6lll32nh7e8oit@4ax.com>,
J. Clarke  <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>Zuse never, at any time, produced an electronic computer--his was
>electromechanical and it was also pretty much unknown at the time.

FYI, the Zuse Z22 used vacuum tubes and the Z23 was the same design
in transistors, but those were in the mid 1950s when they were
respectable but not unusual.

>Whether the ABC counts as a computer is debatable--it was neither
>programmable nor Turing-complete and again was quite obscure.

Agreed.  The first that most people heard of electronic computers
was when the Eniac was declassified in Feb 1946.

-- 
Regards,
John Levine, johnl@taugh.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies",
Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. https://jl.ly

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Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2020-01-21 12:24 -0800
  Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 mentificium@gmail.com - 2020-01-21 17:49 -0800
  Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 robin.vowels@gmail.com - 2020-03-10 06:01 -0700
    Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2020-03-10 11:34 -0700
    Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-03-10 19:20 -0400
      Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 robin.vowels@gmail.com - 2020-03-11 07:12 -0700
        Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> - 2020-03-11 15:02 -0400
          Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-03-11 20:07 +0000
          Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 robin.vowels@gmail.com - 2020-03-11 18:08 -0700
            Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-03-11 21:32 -0400
            Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2020-03-12 15:18 -0700
        Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-03-11 19:56 +0000
          Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2020-03-11 13:07 -0700
            Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 robin.vowels@gmail.com - 2020-03-11 18:32 -0700
          Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 robin.vowels@gmail.com - 2020-03-11 18:31 -0700
            Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-03-11 21:37 -0400
              Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 robin.vowels@gmail.com - 2020-03-11 21:03 -0700
                Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-03-12 06:48 -0400
              Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2020-03-12 15:25 -0700
                Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-03-12 18:42 -0400
                Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 robin.vowels@gmail.com - 2020-03-12 20:04 -0700
                Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-03-12 23:24 -0400
                Re: unreliable, or Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2020-03-13 03:31 +0000
        Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-03-11 19:09 -0400
        Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2020-03-12 00:06 +0000
          Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-03-11 21:32 -0400
            Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 robin.vowels@gmail.com - 2020-03-11 21:01 -0700
              Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-03-12 06:54 -0400
                Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2020-03-12 17:38 +0000
                Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-03-12 17:44 +0000
                Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 robin.vowels@gmail.com - 2020-03-13 20:51 -0700
                Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-03-14 06:39 -0400
                Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 robin.vowels@gmail.com - 2020-03-13 21:43 -0700
                Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-03-14 06:38 -0400
                Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 robin.vowels@gmail.com - 2020-03-14 04:28 -0700
                Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 usenet@only.tnx (Questor) - 2020-03-16 18:50 +0000
                Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-03-16 19:19 +0000
                Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 Gerard Schildberger <gerard46@rrt.net> - 2020-03-14 18:15 -0700
                Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-03-14 22:07 -0400
                Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 Gerard Schildberger <gerard46@rrt.net> - 2020-03-14 21:12 -0700
                Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-03-15 09:05 -0400
                Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 Gerard Schildberger <gerard46@rrt.net> - 2020-03-15 14:22 -0700
                Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-03-15 18:31 -0400
                Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 robin.vowels@gmail.com - 2020-03-15 19:39 -0700
                Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-03-15 12:07 -0700
                Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-03-15 16:42 +0000
                Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-03-15 12:07 -0700
                Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-03-15 19:52 +0000
                Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-03-15 15:38 -0700
                Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-03-15 16:18 -0400
                Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 robin.vowels@gmail.com - 2020-03-15 19:36 -0700
                Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2020-03-16 23:17 +0000
                Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-03-14 09:44 -0700
          Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2020-03-12 15:17 -0700
            Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 robin.vowels@gmail.com - 2020-03-12 20:12 -0700
              Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-03-12 20:21 -0700
        Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2020-03-12 05:53 -0700
          Re: Thomas J. Watson (IBM) profile 1941 scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-03-12 17:12 +0000

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