Re: HP logo upside down = DY, happened a long time ago Message #2 Posted by Dave Shaffer (Arizona) on 15 Feb 2010, 11:59 p.m., in response to message #1 by Don Shepherd
Somewhere in this set of very interesting articles, it is pointed out that some early computers were called instrument controllers in order to get past US government rules (in the 1960s).
I started working at NASA in 1979 as a contractor, and our group used an HP mini-computer which was prominently labelled as an instrument controller for that very reason, so it took a long time to finally be allowed to buy a "computer" if you worked for Uncle Sam. I think the big computer centers did not want to lose their influence (and tithe from the users).
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