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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 11:28:17 -0800
Reply-To: "CYHIST Community Memory: Discussion list on the History of
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From: "Mark Stahlman (via RadioMail)" <stahlman@radiomail.net>
Subject: Re: CM> Microprocessors and Busicom
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Community Memory: Discussion List on the History of Cyberspace ______________________________________________________________________
Folks:
Well I can understand why. The original Pulsar was a museum piece. If you recall, it had no buttons (making the casing very sleek) and you needed to use a tiny magnet which you held up against the case to activate internal reed (?) switches. The magnet was stored in the wristband snap.
My father had one which I deeply regret having lost at the CIA when I went down the read the MK-ULTRA papers (back in 1976). I took it off to wade through all the cartons, left it behind and called back the next day. They said it was there in the safe -- but it subsequently disappeared. Spooky?
Mark Stahlman
New Media Associates
New York City
newmedia@mcimail.com
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Reply-To: "CYHIST Community Memory: Discussion list on the History of
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From: "Mark Stahlman (via RadioMail)" <stahlman@radiomail.net>
Subject: Re: CM> Microprocessors and Busicom
______________________________________________________________________
Community Memory: Discussion List on the History of Cyberspace ______________________________________________________________________
Folks:
Well I can understand why. The original Pulsar was a museum piece. If you recall, it had no buttons (making the casing very sleek) and you needed to use a tiny magnet which you held up against the case to activate internal reed (?) switches. The magnet was stored in the wristband snap.
My father had one which I deeply regret having lost at the CIA when I went down the read the MK-ULTRA papers (back in 1976). I took it off to wade through all the cartons, left it behind and called back the next day. They said it was there in the safe -- but it subsequently disappeared. Spooky?
Mark Stahlman
New Media Associates
New York City
newmedia@mcimail.com
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