[PLUG-TALK] Happy news!

[Paul Heinlein]

On Fri, 25 Oct 2019, Rich Shepard wrote:

> Yes, that was mentioned further in the article. It also notes that 
> "The report said that the Strategic Automated Command and Control 
> System ran on an IBM Series/1 computer --- a piece of hardware that 
> dates to the 1970s --- and used eight-inch floppy disks to manage 
> weapons like intercontinental ballistic missiles, nuclear bombers 
> and tanker support aircraft."

One can only imagine the price extorted, er, charged by IBM for the 
support contract on hardware that old.

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