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In Denmark in the 80es we had similar companies such as Regnecentralen and Dansk Data Elektronik creating business focused "micro" or "mini" computers. Big and

• gnufx 6y ago
  Right. The Copenhagen University lab at Ris ø in the '80s used a Nord-something and a Regnecentralen RC4000 for data collection and reduction. [As far as I remember, they only exchanged data on tapes, but it was amusing to think of them having to use English otherwise, after experiencing attempts to communicate in generalized Scandinavian.] RC4000 seemed steam-driven even then. However, I didn't know its significance at the time, and that our British GEC4000 systems were a better implementation of that pioneering approach, though I've never confirmed the influence, and OS4000 didn't use Algol. Probably the UK could go in that mix with Norway and Denmark. "Zjuh compuuder ish all shcrewwed uupp" — excuse my Danish — was a common phrase around the RC4000 which went back to Liverpool, but there was less occasion for it with the GEC systems. Respect to former colleagues.