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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello SIGCIS,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have promised to pass on this query I received from a non-member of the list. Please respond to him directly. His message is below. I already mentioned the obvious sources on NCR: the multivolume anniversary history from the 1980s, Ally’s _<i>My Half Century at NCR</i>_ and the book co-authored by Burke on its wartime Bombes. Tom.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>QUERY FOLLOWS (reply directly to <span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black'><a href="mailto:jawinders@hotmail.com">jawinders@hotmail.com</a>)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black'>My name is Jason Winders, a sport historian in London, Ont. I am seeking a bit of direction from you on a book I am currently working on about the early origins of sport simulations using computers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black'>In the late 1960s, Miami radio executive Murry Woroner decided to pit the greatest Heavyweight fighters of all time against one another in a unique tournament that culminated in Rocky Marciano squaring off against Muhammad Ali in 1969. Despite wildly popular radio broadcasts, and a final pay-per-view event watched by millions in theaters around the globe, not a single competitive punch was ever thrown in inside a ring during the tournament, instead, every jab, hook and uppercut took place within an NCR-315.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black'>I am looking to connect with an NCR historian who can speak to me about the creation, life, evolution and overall significance of the NCR-315. Thought I would come by the site and see if any names popped to the mind. Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated</span>.<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>