News Computing pioneer Gene Amdahl dies aged 92

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  1. Gareth Halfacree

    Gareth Halfacree WIIGII! Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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    Sad times. My first exposure to mainframe computing was on an Amdahl at university. I remember managing to get an Mandelbrot set to draw on the screen of the terminal, albeit only in two colours (green and black). Good times :sigh:
     

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