Some interesting articles, as usual, in the latest issue:
- External Characteristics of Computer Operations: Toward Large Conversational Time-Sharing Systems by Wiehle, Hans Rudiger
- First Edition Unix: Its Creation and Restoration by Toomey, Warren
- The Network Information Center and its Archives by Feinler, Elizabeth
- Promoting the Prosaic: The Case for Process-Control Computers by Aylen, Jonathan
There are also a few articles on the AEG-Telefunken TR 440 computer.
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