I was pleasantly surprised that GE’s analog history featured so prominently in these remarks. We recently put up a short clip from GE’s 1947 year in review that featured the UCLA differential analyzer: http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/analog-computers/3/143/2393 Another film of the machine is at http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/analog-computers/3/143/2394 Enjoy! — Alex Bochannek, Curator & Senior Manager Computer History Museum 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View, CA 94043 Phone: +1 650 810 1894 Twitter: @awbchm On Jan 6, 2013, at 6:34 AM, Ceruzzi, Paul wrote:
Here's another view of the mainframe era, as described by Ronald Reagan. Most of you know he was a spokesperson for General Electric. If you like, you can scroll down through the other salesmen's presentations as well.
http://www.smecc.org/frontiers_of_progress_-_1961_sales_meeting.htm#reagan
Cheers,
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