What follows is forwarded after eliding my source trail.<div><br></div><div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="Trebuchet MS" color="#000080">Thought you might find this item of interest, which a friend sent to me, if only to emphasize how far computing technology has come in the last 60+ years. This video clip displays an early 'decotron' computer based on the decimal system, as opposed to today's computers which are based upon the binary system. For those of you familiar with the old telephone switch systems, there appear to be Step-by-Step (SxS) canisters mounted in some of the equipment racks - which would make a whole lot of sense since the machine was based upon the decimal system. Enjoy!</font></div> <div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <div><font color="#006600"><font size="4"><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif">Here's an oldie that has some familiarity to it, although not in our particular field, it rings an old bell, with it's sounds and programming....nice to see that it will now sit in Bletchley Park in a museum!<hr> </font></font></font></div><div><font color="#006600"><font size="4"><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif"><br></font></font></font></div><div><font color="#006600"><font size="4"><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20395212" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20395212</a></font></font></font></div></div> </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div>Best wishes, Henry<br><br>H.M. Gladney, Ph.D. <a href="http://www.hgladney.com/" target="_blank">http://www.hgladney.com/</a> (408)867-3933</div> </div>