[ih] Norm Abramson

[Dan Lynch]

Yes, the HP-35 was the first personal computer!  Seriously. At my work in the early 70s management bought one for every person. I was working for Riverside Research Institute in Manhattan. 

Dan

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> On Dec 11, 2020, at 3:10 PM, Carsten Bormann via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
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> On 2020-12-11, at 21:29, vinton cerf via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
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>> https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/technology/norman-abramson-dead.html?smid=em-share
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> On the title image, is he holding an HP-35 calculator with a telescoping antenna held behind it?  Beautiful.
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> Grüße, Carsten
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