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| From | "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: Big computers, big hair: the women of Bell Labs in the 1960s |
| Date | 2016-02-15 18:10 -0600 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <n9tp7k$9il$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <87pow0zen7.fsf@garlic.com> <2200693b-66cf-404b-bb32-ec0f2c3ed6c6@googlegroups.com> |
<hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote in message news:2200693b-66cf-404b-bb32-ec0f2c3ed6c6@googlegroups.com... > On Saturday, February 13, 2016 at 12:49:09 PM UTC-5, Anne & Lynn Wheeler > wrote: > > >> http://www.theguardian.com/technology/gallery/2016/feb/13/future-women-the-bell-lab-computer-operators-of-the-1960s-in-pictures-women-in-computing > > The secretary had a Selectric typewriter. Those machines were so awesome. > > Someone gave me a nice one, but I never use it and have no space for > it. It's gonna go out in the trash; I don't know of anyone would who > want it or use it. At work, they have a few typewriters but just sit > around unused, everything is done on the computer these days. Forms > are filled out by .pdf, and almost all correspondence is via email. > No, no!!! There are "typewriter collectors" who still value the IBM Selectics. I subscribe to a couple of Yahoo! groups about the Selectrics. Please do *not* throw them away! -- numerist at aquaporin4 dot com
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Big computers, big hair: the women of Bell Labs in the 1960s Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2016-02-13 09:47 -0800
Re: Big computers, big hair: the women of Bell Labs in the 1960s hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-02-13 10:57 -0800
Re: Big computers, big hair: the women of Bell Labs in the 1960s pechter@mongo.(none) (William Pechter) - 2016-02-13 19:29 +0000
Re: Big computers, big hair: the women of Bell Labs in the 1960s "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-02-15 18:10 -0600
Re: Big computers, big hair: the women of Bell Labs in the 1960s Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-02-13 11:56 -0800
Re: Big computers, big hair: the women of Bell Labs in the 1960s hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-02-13 14:38 -0800
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