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358 points ofalkaed | 1 comments | | HN request time: 0.198s | source

Just curious and who knows, maybe someone will adopt it or develop something new based on its ideas.
1. countrymile ◴[] No.45553636[source]
The IBM school's computer. Developed by IBM Hursley in 1967, it was years ahead in its design, display out to a television and storage on normal audio tape. Would have kick started an educational revolution if it had been launched beyond the 10 prototype machines.

Died due to legal wranglings about patents, iirc.

More here:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45061680