alt Hacker NewsAuthor here: I've finally finished a detailed history of IBM's 4 Pi computers, powering everything from the B-1 bomber to the Space Shuttle. Let me know if you have questions...
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decryption • yesterday at 10:06 PM
You mentioned in the post that you "received a stack of 4 Pi marketing brochures and articles". Do you plan to scan these and place them on your website or the Internet Archive? I'd love to read them!
nick__m • yesterday at 5:22 PM
just one: why it named System/4 Pi ? (the Pi part especially)
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contingencies • yesterday at 9:03 PM
Are there any similar parallel series in China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Russia or the UK that you have had a chance to study?
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Could a single person lift the complete set of manuals for one computer model?
And what percentage of the pages of the manual said "this page intentionally left blank"?