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   Message 1,972 of 3,261   
   John Levine to All   
   Re: 1959--Santa Fe Reservation System   
   17 Dec 15 23:24:06   
   
   From: johnl@iecc.com   
      
   >>in the past. The system is called the Magnetronic Reservisor   
   >>and was designed, built, installed, and is maintained   
   >>by The Teleregister Corporation of Stamford,   
   >>Connecticut.   
      
   That's the system developed for American Airlines in 1952, slightly   
   updated in 1956.  By the time the ATSF bought it in 1959, American and   
   IBM were well into the SABRE project that made all of the   
   electromechanical systems instantly obsolete.   
      
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