<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post8798894165653447292..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8798894165653447292/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/04/ed-roberts-1941-2010.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>11</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4041046365607094856</id><published>2010-04-05T20:29:50.930-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-05T20:29:50.930-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The abacus we know today, with beads and wire, pro...</title><summary type='text'>The abacus we know today, with beads and wire, probably.  &lt;br /&gt;The Babylonians constructed extensive tables of squares &amp;amp; reciprocals(to calculate division) to aid calculation around 2000B.C...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was gonna go on, but yeah, the Chinese abacus is great, very fast, but my original point was they weren&amp;#39;t the only show in town.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8798894165653447292/comments/default/4041046365607094856'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8798894165653447292/comments/default/4041046365607094856'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/04/ed-roberts-1941-2010.html?showComment=1270513790930#c4041046365607094856' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/04/ed-roberts-1941-2010.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8798894165653447292' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8798894165653447292' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-545021726"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 05, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7695627932646393045</id><published>2010-04-05T15:40:08.110-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-05T15:40:08.110-04:00</updated><title type='text'>pee est on The Abacus&#xa;&#xa;not to beat a dead horse&#xa;bu...</title><summary type='text'>pee est on The Abacus&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;not to beat a dead horse&lt;br /&gt;but  the abacus WAS invented by The Chinese &lt;br /&gt;see this:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://thescienceexperts.com/answers/who-invented-the-abacus&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and&lt;br /&gt;for just about everything else of scientific/mathematical importance  see  this PBS film (about two hours /&lt;br /&gt;two hours that will open your mind!): &lt;br /&gt;  http://www.pbs.org  /</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8798894165653447292/comments/default/7695627932646393045'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8798894165653447292/comments/default/7695627932646393045'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/04/ed-roberts-1941-2010.html?showComment=1270496408110#c7695627932646393045' title=''/><author><name>Ed Baker</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/S6Kfnd1TdqI/AAAAAAAAALw/ekFALfY5tzI/S220/Ed+Sept+2009++photo+by+Jan+Perlman'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/04/ed-roberts-1941-2010.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8798894165653447292' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8798894165653447292' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 05, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2697157941830279376</id><published>2010-04-05T13:00:50.157-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-05T13:00:50.157-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Silliman,&#xa;&#xa;What sad news!  I saw him, recentl...</title><summary type='text'>Dear Silliman,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What sad news!  I saw him, recently, in a special program here in London. He merits our reflection.  I have really appreciated your post, Isabel Guevara</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8798894165653447292/comments/default/2697157941830279376'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8798894165653447292/comments/default/2697157941830279376'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/04/ed-roberts-1941-2010.html?showComment=1270486850157#c2697157941830279376' title=''/><author><name>Isa</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08406872340934922461</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lr94epi_4gk/S3_bXOSQdnI/AAAAAAAACco/COb6eQE700g/S220/Isabel+Guevara.png'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/04/ed-roberts-1941-2010.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8798894165653447292' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8798894165653447292' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1828079335"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 05, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5472092263179755345</id><published>2010-04-05T11:57:08.229-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-05T11:57:08.229-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Craig&#xa;you are noh doubt correct&#xa;&#xa;however I am spea...</title><summary type='text'>Craig&lt;br /&gt;you are noh doubt correct&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;however I am speaking of&lt;br /&gt;The Lee Kai-Chen Abacus...&lt;br /&gt;here:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.ee.ryerson.ca/~elf/abacus/images/lee-abacus.gif&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I first saw it when in high school  1958 or 59&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and, I do believe a next step in the evolution of computers was to plug-boards which the old clunker IBM 407s used&lt;br /&gt;which those </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8798894165653447292/comments/default/5472092263179755345'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8798894165653447292/comments/default/5472092263179755345'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/04/ed-roberts-1941-2010.html?showComment=1270483028229#c5472092263179755345' title=''/><author><name>Ed Baker</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/S6Kfnd1TdqI/AAAAAAAAALw/ekFALfY5tzI/S220/Ed+Sept+2009++photo+by+Jan+Perlman'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/04/ed-roberts-1941-2010.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8798894165653447292' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8798894165653447292' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 05, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7787674562390114340</id><published>2010-04-05T09:28:18.311-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-05T09:28:18.311-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It&amp;#39;s pretty unlikely that the Chinese invented...</title><summary type='text'>It&amp;#39;s pretty unlikely that the Chinese invented the abacus.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8798894165653447292/comments/default/7787674562390114340'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8798894165653447292/comments/default/7787674562390114340'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/04/ed-roberts-1941-2010.html?showComment=1270474098311#c7787674562390114340' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/04/ed-roberts-1941-2010.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8798894165653447292' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8798894165653447292' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-545021726"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 05, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3073349115049487248</id><published>2010-04-04T13:31:42.816-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-04T13:31:42.816-04:00</updated><title type='text'>here is that 1620...&#xa;http://archive.computerhistor...</title><summary type='text'>here is that 1620...&lt;br /&gt;http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/still-image/ibm/ibm_1600_series/ibm.1620_and_1621.102634907.lg.jpg&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;cool, huh?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Honeywell  I think out of MIT   had then some super-duper computer system... The Honeywell (something number)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;all of this &amp;quot;stuff&amp;quot; not much more than what the Chinese invented... the original computer/</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8798894165653447292/comments/default/3073349115049487248'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8798894165653447292/comments/default/3073349115049487248'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/04/ed-roberts-1941-2010.html?showComment=1270402302816#c3073349115049487248' title=''/><author><name>Ed Baker</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/S6Kfnd1TdqI/AAAAAAAAALw/ekFALfY5tzI/S220/Ed+Sept+2009++photo+by+Jan+Perlman'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/04/ed-roberts-1941-2010.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8798894165653447292' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8798894165653447292' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 04, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6161027942723347381</id><published>2010-04-04T12:43:03.373-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-04T12:43:03.373-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron,&#xa;&#xa;It&amp;#39;s a wonderful photo, and Dr. Roberts ...</title><summary type='text'>&lt;br&gt;Ron,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&amp;#39;s a wonderful photo, and Dr. Roberts deserves our attention for his pioneering ideas and invention(s). And I appreciate you too, for noticing Dr. Roberts here, at his death. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But this photo, as used today in &lt;i&gt;The NY Times&lt;/i&gt;, does indeed make a wrong-headed claim: the photo&amp;#39;s specifically labeled as being &amp;quot;the Altair 8800.&amp;quot;  That&amp;#39;s the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8798894165653447292/comments/default/6161027942723347381'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8798894165653447292/comments/default/6161027942723347381'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/04/ed-roberts-1941-2010.html?showComment=1270399383373#c6161027942723347381' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13733977161680651117</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/04/ed-roberts-1941-2010.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8798894165653447292' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8798894165653447292' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 04, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2543659340055061306</id><published>2010-04-04T12:16:55.114-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-04T12:16:55.114-04:00</updated><title type='text'>when   after a couple of years in ET at Montgomery...</title><summary type='text'>when   after a couple of years in ET at Montgomery Junior College ((formerly Bliss Electrical School connected with the Navy Dept)  between 1959 and 1961&lt;br /&gt;         I got a job with Main Navy (as a civilian) as a Computer Operator.. all IBM &amp;#39;stuff&amp;#39;  407&amp;#39;s  1401 s 7070&amp;#39;s&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;they had THE IBM 1620   all these machines where&lt;br /&gt;alphanumeric  and could only </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8798894165653447292/comments/default/2543659340055061306'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8798894165653447292/comments/default/2543659340055061306'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/04/ed-roberts-1941-2010.html?showComment=1270397815114#c2543659340055061306' title=''/><author><name>Ed Baker</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/S6Kfnd1TdqI/AAAAAAAAALw/ekFALfY5tzI/S220/Ed+Sept+2009++photo+by+Jan+Perlman'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/04/ed-roberts-1941-2010.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8798894165653447292' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8798894165653447292' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 04, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2330121158122724008</id><published>2010-04-04T11:59:57.113-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-04T11:59:57.113-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Steve,&#xa;&#xa;It&amp;#39;s the same mistake you made with th...</title><summary type='text'>Steve,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&amp;#39;s the same mistake you made with the Eigner typography. You expect things like this to be too unilaterally literal. The man is posing behind some first generation PC gear, but nowhere on the picture is the claim made that you seem to imagine.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8798894165653447292/comments/default/2330121158122724008'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8798894165653447292/comments/default/2330121158122724008'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/04/ed-roberts-1941-2010.html?showComment=1270396797113#c2330121158122724008' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/silliman/silliman2a.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/04/ed-roberts-1941-2010.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8798894165653447292' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8798894165653447292' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 04, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6864633733425251002</id><published>2010-04-04T11:16:16.138-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-04T11:16:16.138-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The photo here is grossly misleading.&#xa;&#xa;There was N...</title><summary type='text'>&lt;br&gt;The photo here is grossly misleading.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There was NO display screen or keyboard on Dr. Robert&amp;#39;s first computer, the one on the cover of the January 1975 &lt;i&gt;Popular Electronics&lt;/i&gt; that thousands of hobbyists and enthusiasts bought.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That computer used only toggle switches to program, with the end result being that lights would blink on the front of the machine!  No </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8798894165653447292/comments/default/6864633733425251002'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8798894165653447292/comments/default/6864633733425251002'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/04/ed-roberts-1941-2010.html?showComment=1270394176138#c6864633733425251002' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13733977161680651117</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/04/ed-roberts-1941-2010.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8798894165653447292' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8798894165653447292' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 04, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8184307364418445156</id><published>2010-04-04T09:44:08.667-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-04T09:44:08.667-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I feel particularly sad to hear of Dr. Roberts&amp;#39...</title><summary type='text'>I feel particularly sad to hear of Dr. Roberts&amp;#39; death and not just because he was among the early (non-specialists) computer pioneers whose early MITS inspired the likes of Bill Gates: I would also like to credit the great man (and others like him) with the discovery of an entirely new type of &amp;#39;writing space&amp;#39; as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;#39;m also feeling a little nostalgic. The computer in</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8798894165653447292/comments/default/8184307364418445156'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8798894165653447292/comments/default/8184307364418445156'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/04/ed-roberts-1941-2010.html?showComment=1270388648667#c8184307364418445156' title=''/><author><name>Conrad DiDiodato</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18312831623791642286</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_WYu0QSkXE9I/RrfUh0dvuKI/AAAAAAAAAA0/q66ZnGQXpSY/s400/IMG_0272.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/04/ed-roberts-1941-2010.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8798894165653447292' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8798894165653447292' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-610431874"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 04, 2010"/></entry></feed>