Japanese computers

[Jules Richardson]

William Donzelli wrote:
>>I'll see if I can find them when I get back to the UK and scan any 
>>interesting bits in.
> 
> 
> I am specifically looking for info on the parametron computers of the late
> 1950s, and the Hitachi AS/6 (may be called a HITAC in a Japanese
> context) of the late 1970s.

I'm almost certain there was some mention of Parametron, amongst others. 
Probably way too early for HITAC. I seem to recall an article about a 
project to build a one mega-word memory unit too, which I suppose was a 
rather impressive size for then (particularly if you wanted to make it 
reliable!). Our machines of that era are all around the 4KW mark...

I think the magazine must have been aimed at business analysts - which 
means the level of detail isn't as much as us techies would like (and 
articles tend to be half-page affairs), but it's still probably worth me 
recording the computing side of it.

Give me a prod in a month if I haven't mentioned it again, as knowing me 
I'll forget by the time I'm back in the UK :)

cheers

Jules