Talk:Philco computers
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Asynchronous?
[edit]It is my understanding that the Transac was an asynchronous computer. No central core clock. It simply jumped to the next state as fast as logic would allow.
- This would be a good point to insert if we could find a reference. I don't recall any of the references I've seen so far mentioning the asynchronous architecture. --Wtshymanski (talk) 02:06, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
OL9 model?
[edit]AUTODIN says that Philco-Ford "OL9" computers were used in their switching centers. This page has no info about such machines. Gnuish (talk) 17:52, 12 August 2022 (UTC)
TRANSAC ad from 1955
[edit]TRANSAC ad from 1955: [1]. Powered by battery. MarMi wiki (talk) 17:56, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
Ibm 360
[edit]article tella us "making competition in this segment difficult after the introduction of the IBM 360 family".
Philco went bankrupt in 1961 , while ibm 360 was introduced years later (1964). Surely competition in this segment was fierce, but the 360 can't be blamed here, and this claim should be reworded, maybe blaming other models, from ibm or others.
Peace. קיפודנחש (aka kipod) (talk) 23:59, 24 February 2024 (UTC)
Philco Computer division
[edit]I was a senior field engineer with Philco until mid 1968 when I took another job
We manufactured the USPS Zip code readers and the division remained active for years after that so the date that Philco Computer Division was disbanded is inaccurate Tom Hartman 71.214.99.173 (talk) 17:21, 11 May 2024 (UTC)