Shopping for a computer? An ad from 1977.

Twenty years ago, the Internet was a work in progress.

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Werner Siemens named his custom-made cable laying ship after his dear friend Michael Faraday. That's really nice. He and Faraday worked together solving issues in telegraph cables in the middle of the nineteenth century. CS Faraday en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CS_Far…

Have you ever wondered how some parts got their part number? 1N4001? 2N2222? That story started over 100 years ago. Learn more in this article from @digikey Magazine. The Rise of Designators: The Semiconductor Part Designation Origin Story: emedia.digikey.com/view/5396…

Cyrus West Field

British America

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According to a biography of Charles Bright by his brother and his son, Whitehouse was not a founding member of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, but every other account I find says he was. He says it was just Bright, Cyrus W Field, and J. W. Brett. Hmm... #TransAtlanticCable