Comments on: RCA 301 computer now steps up to big system workpower! (Dec, 1961) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/16/rca-301-computer-now-steps-up-to-big-system-workpower/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:56:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Bob Avis http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/16/rca-301-computer-now-steps-up-to-big-system-workpower/comment-page-1/#comment-1103571 Bob Avis Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:58:59 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8004#comment-1103571 I was trained on the 301 in 1967 and helped maintain the one at RCA in CherryHill NJ in the fish bowl. Also worked on the 501,3301 and spectra 70 periferals. That was a long time ago. I was trained on the 301 in 1967 and helped maintain the one at RCA in CherryHill NJ in the
fish bowl. Also worked on the 501,3301 and spectra 70 periferals. That was a long time ago.

]]> By: Toronto http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/16/rca-301-computer-now-steps-up-to-big-system-workpower/comment-page-1/#comment-1077476 Toronto Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:38:06 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8004#comment-1077476 Jay: Oh, look, the printouts just finish.... hey, what happened to the stars??? Jay: Oh, look, the printouts just finish…. hey, what happened to the stars???

]]> By: H. Leigh Steves http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/16/rca-301-computer-now-steps-up-to-big-system-workpower/comment-page-1/#comment-1077469 H. Leigh Steves Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:43:43 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8004#comment-1077469 Established contact with Bob Lenihan and also Chuck Martel, both were co-workers in Customer Systems Acceptance. Established contact with Bob Lenihan and also Chuck Martel, both were co-workers in Customer Systems Acceptance.

]]> By: jayessell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/16/rca-301-computer-now-steps-up-to-big-system-workpower/comment-page-1/#comment-1077329 jayessell Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:10:04 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8004#comment-1077329 Bob: Did you ever set up a system on a mountain in Tibet? Did they ever finish that project? (not obscure) Bob:
Did you ever set up a system on a mountain in Tibet?
Did they ever finish that project?

(not obscure)

]]> By: H. Leigh Steves http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/16/rca-301-computer-now-steps-up-to-big-system-workpower/comment-page-1/#comment-1077328 H. Leigh Steves Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:22:44 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8004#comment-1077328 If any more of the PBG folks would like to establish contact I would love to hear from you via E-mail or Facebook. I can be reached at hleighsteves@msn.com and would like to hear what life after RCA was like. If any more of the PBG folks would like to establish contact I would love to hear from you via E-mail or Facebook. I can be reached at hleighsteves@msn.com and would like to hear what life after RCA was like.

]]> By: H. Leigh Steves http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/16/rca-301-computer-now-steps-up-to-big-system-workpower/comment-page-1/#comment-1077320 H. Leigh Steves Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:38:09 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8004#comment-1077320 I worked at the PBG plant from the time it opened until a few month before RCA closed it and then years later when Northern Telecom expanded into the PBG facility. I worken in systems test, installed many a system including the first one in So Bell Atlanta, and then transferred into design engineering where I worked with some of the most talented engineers and technicians I have ever known. I often wonder how far we could have gone if RCA upper management had had the vision that Gen. Sarnoff possessed. I worked at the PBG plant from the time it opened until a few month before RCA closed it and then years later when Northern Telecom expanded into the PBG facility. I worken in systems test, installed many a system including the first one in So Bell Atlanta, and then transferred into design engineering where I worked with some of the most talented engineers and technicians I have ever known. I often wonder how far we could have gone if RCA upper management had had the vision that Gen. Sarnoff possessed.

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/16/rca-301-computer-now-steps-up-to-big-system-workpower/comment-page-1/#comment-1077315 Firebrand38 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 04:27:59 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8004#comment-1077315 Bob: How cool must that have been. Some pretty amazing stuff came out of RCA back then http://www.feb-patrimoine.com/Histoire/english/rca_computers.htm Bob: How cool must that have been. Some pretty amazing stuff came out of RCA back then http://www.feb-patrimoine.com/.....puters.htm

]]> By: Bob Lenihan http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/16/rca-301-computer-now-steps-up-to-big-system-workpower/comment-page-1/#comment-1077314 Bob Lenihan Thu, 22 Apr 2010 04:04:29 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8004#comment-1077314 I worked in the RCA Palm Beach Gardens plant for about 5 years testing, then delivering and installing RCA 301s. Best job I ever had....gave me the opportunity to travel all over the world. Bob Lenihan bob1009@earthlink.net I worked in the RCA Palm Beach Gardens plant for about 5 years testing, then delivering and installing RCA 301s. Best job I ever had….gave me the opportunity to travel all over the world.

Bob Lenihan
bob1009@earthlink.net

]]> By: Adrian Turner http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/16/rca-301-computer-now-steps-up-to-big-system-workpower/comment-page-1/#comment-1073880 Adrian Turner Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:06:28 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8004#comment-1073880 I worked on the RCA301/ICT 1500 for 7 years from 1961. I visited Palm Beach Gardens on two occasions and would like to make contact with any of the people who worked in the plant.I have found it very difficult in the past, but now with the internet I'm hoping for more success. Where is the RCA computer website!!? I worked on the RCA301/ICT 1500 for 7 years from 1961.
I visited Palm Beach Gardens on two occasions and would like to make contact with any of the people
who worked in the plant.I have found it very difficult in the past, but now with the internet I’m hoping for more success. Where is the RCA computer website!!?

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/16/rca-301-computer-now-steps-up-to-big-system-workpower/comment-page-1/#comment-1069811 Firebrand38 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:38:49 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8004#comment-1069811 Mike: Glad you liked it. The DVD of Moon Machines is it out now and the episode on the Navigation Computer is fascinating. Mike: Glad you liked it. The DVD of Moon Machines is it out now and the episode on the Navigation Computer is fascinating.

]]> By: Mike http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/16/rca-301-computer-now-steps-up-to-big-system-workpower/comment-page-1/#comment-1069810 Mike Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:03:27 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8004#comment-1069810 Firebrand38, Thanks for the link. I found the site interesting but became lost for hours in the links section! Firebrand38, Thanks for the link. I found the site interesting but became lost for hours in the links section!

]]> By: John Savard http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/16/rca-301-computer-now-steps-up-to-big-system-workpower/comment-page-1/#comment-1069806 John Savard Sat, 18 Jul 2009 08:43:46 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8004#comment-1069806 Actually, playing Crysis on two of those would be like trying to play it on two Commodore-64s. What amused me was the typography; but then, long before there was A New Hope, there were the Flash Gordon serials, which also used such title crawls. Actually, playing Crysis on two of those would be like trying to play it on two Commodore-64s. What amused me was the typography; but then, long before there was A New Hope, there were the Flash Gordon serials, which also used such title crawls.

]]> By: Las Vegas Guy http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/16/rca-301-computer-now-steps-up-to-big-system-workpower/comment-page-1/#comment-1069785 Las Vegas Guy Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:22:13 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8004#comment-1069785 I still have two of these in my living room. They are hooked up to an Acer 23 inch monitor and I use them to play Crysis. The frame rate is excellent. My electric bill is a little on the high side. I still have two of these in my living room. They are hooked up to an Acer 23 inch monitor and I use them to play Crysis. The frame rate is excellent. My electric bill is a little on the high side.

]]> By: Mike http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/16/rca-301-computer-now-steps-up-to-big-system-workpower/comment-page-1/#comment-1069774 Mike Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:35:13 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8004#comment-1069774 You had to rent them, and delivery in less than a year. Of course, things were not so outdated back then. It amazes me how fast printers were at that time. You had to rent them, and delivery in less than a year. Of course, things were not so outdated back then.

It amazes me how fast printers were at that time.

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/16/rca-301-computer-now-steps-up-to-big-system-workpower/comment-page-1/#comment-1069773 Firebrand38 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:45:24 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8004#comment-1069773 That's what this was for http://www.ibiblio.org/apollo/yaDSKY.html That’s what this was for http://www.ibiblio.org/apollo/yaDSKY.html

]]> By: Torgo http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/16/rca-301-computer-now-steps-up-to-big-system-workpower/comment-page-1/#comment-1069772 Torgo Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:59:14 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8004#comment-1069772 But could it fit inside the Apollo capsule? I think not. But could it fit inside the Apollo capsule? I think not.

]]> By: Slim http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/16/rca-301-computer-now-steps-up-to-big-system-workpower/comment-page-1/#comment-1069771 Slim Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:52:34 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8004#comment-1069771 Ah for the days when RCA was the Radio Corporation of America and not just a trademark. Ah for the days when RCA was the Radio Corporation of America and not just a trademark.

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/16/rca-301-computer-now-steps-up-to-big-system-workpower/comment-page-1/#comment-1069770 Firebrand38 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:23:43 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8004#comment-1069770 Casandro: For example? Casandro: For example?

]]> By: Casandro http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/16/rca-301-computer-now-steps-up-to-big-system-workpower/comment-page-1/#comment-1069769 Casandro Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:16:09 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8004#comment-1069769 Back then computers were used to increase productivity. Today only few companies actually use their computers in usefull ways. Back then computers were used to increase productivity. Today only few companies actually use their computers in usefull ways.

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