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> both of the them were real … Well, Mel's story is definitely real!
by bear8642 5y ago
> both of the them were real …
Well, Mel's story is definitely real!
- xxs 5y ago"The manual for the LGP-30 refers to “Mel Kaye of Royal McBee who did the bulk of the programming...” "
- lelandbatey 5y agoIndeed, Mel is (was?) real and we have a photo of him! If we go to Wikipedia for the LGP-30[0], it links to a wiki article on "The Story of Mel"[1] which names the titular "Mel" as "Melvin Kaye" with a citation, linking to a PDF scan[3] of an issue of "The Librazette" where on the first page, the photo on the left, in the very back and named last of all the people in the photo, is [sic]"Royal-McBee Applications Engineer Mel Kaye" standing and smiling in an all-white shirt. [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGP-30 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGP-30 [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Mel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Mel [2] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Mel#cite_note-Librascope-1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Mel#cite_note-Lib... [3] - https://www.librascopememories.com/Librascope_Memories/1950_-_1959_files/560800%20Librazette.pdf https://www.librascopememories.com/Librascope_Memories/1950_...