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Article #92Re: PBS show is NOT historically correct!
From: Sharon M. Tuttle
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 20:30
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 20:30
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In article <DAB.92Apr10121110@moxie.moxie.oswego.edu> dab@moxie.oswego.edu writes: > >I've read the positive reviews of the "Machine that changed the world" >and I agree, almost. > >I was appalled that there was NO mention of Atanasoff. > (stuff deleted) So was I --- and surprised, too, since they did mention Zuse, who has been omitted in several histories I've read. But then, they gave their teaser for the next episode --- and I *think* it mentioned something about struggles in the computer industry... I'm wondering if Atanasoff won't come up in the next episode; because wasn't the court case about the computer patent in the late 1950's? And isn't he a rather major player in that suit? So, I'm hoping this omission will be rectified in this week's installment. (I really enjoyed the first episode, and wish our local PBS affiliate had not shown it Sunday, instead of Monday --- we saw it at a friend's house, catching it by accident, and did not get it on tape...) --Sharon M. Tuttle University of Houston smtuttle@cs.uh.edu
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Newsgroups: comp.org.acm Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!smtuttle From: smtuttle@cs.uh.edu (Sharon M. Tuttle) Subject: Re: PBS show is NOT historically correct! Message-ID: <1992Apr12.203032.7704@menudo.uh.edu> Sender: usenet@menudo.uh.edu (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: csun5.cs.uh.edu Organization: University of Houston References: <DAB.92Apr10121110@moxie.moxie.oswego.edu> Distribution: comp Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 20:30:32 GMT Lines: 30