[SIGCIS-Members] Blue Cube in the News (From Paul Ceruzzi)

[Thomas Haigh]

[Forwarded to avoid the DNS gremlins. Tom.]

 

From: Ceruzzi, Paul [mailto:CeruzziP at si.edu] 
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 8:02 AM
To: sigcis
Cc: thaigh at computer.org
Subject: Blue Cube in the News

 

A Silicon Valley landmark. Sic transit gloria mundi.

 

http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_25581167/wrecking-crews-demolish-ic
onic-blue-cube

 

I managed to salvage the processor and control panel of a CDC 3800 from the
facility. Typical CDC construction: built like a tank. The nameplate alone
weighs 20 pounds. They never told me the details of what it was used for, of
course, but there is no doubt that the computer was central to their
operations. It is now on display at our Chantilly, Virginia, museum.

 

Paul Ceruzzi

 

 

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