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Major (O4), War on Christmas

@kenshirriff Is that the guidance computer the government decommissioned and gave to universities?

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Ken Shirriff

@AlgoCompSynth The earlier D-17B computer (the big cylindrical computer from Minuteman I) is the one that was given away to universities and other groups in the early 1970s. (Hey, free minicomputer!) They formed a users group to share programming tips; some of the documents are on bitsavers: bitsavers.org/pdf/autonetics/d

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