tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514977.post5046483956274387829..comments2024-01-08T12:51:25.660-05:00Comments on Precision Blogging: Does anybody remember Ex-Cell-O?tobyr21@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08478279273433877261noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514977.post-82979607785489700392011-09-09T11:29:17.603-04:002011-09-09T11:29:17.603-04:00Good thing there is no time limit on posting comme...Good thing there is no time limit on posting comments!<br /><br />Burroughs found itself the only computer manufacturer without a mass storage device in 1961. Marketing was mad. As Engineering looked around for a solution, buy (from Ex-Cell-O/Bryant) versus build was an option. <br /><br />Bryant recommended calling several of their satisfied OEM customers, such as RCA and CDC to check on the quality of the newly minted prototypes. A call to one trusted engineering manager produced this exchange:<br /><br />"How's their electronics capability?"<br /><br />"We wouldn't let them change a fuse!"<br /><br />But, as described in the post above, they did work.T J Sawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09260687428823173972noreply@blogger.com