Gaps in the collection (was Re: rarest computers. )

[Geoffrey Thomas]

Reminds me of the old Radio Constructor designs where the designer made one
transistor do both rf and af amplification.
Can't remember his name - or what he called his designs.
I'm sure he was knighted or something like that .... anybody ?
- Sir Alec Douglas Hall ?    was it ?
Sounds too much like Alec Douglas Hume !

Geoff.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Duell" <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 11:33 PM
Subject: Re: Gaps in the collection (was Re: rarest computers. )


> > The chief electrical engineer at our company in the 1980s was a fellow
who
> > excelled at making components in his designs do two or three jobs each.
> > It's an artistry that HP displayed, as you indicate.
>
> A prime example of this is in GPO (UK) telephones. In things like the
> 706, many of the components (like capacitors) do 2 or 3 jobs!
>
> -tony