Talk:Floating Point Systems
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I have no direct experience with FPS. But I know a fellow who worked for the company. Hopefully, somebody with more direct FPS experience will fix up whatever inaccuracies that exist on this page. Dyl 18:32, Sep 2, 2004 (UTC)
I can verify the early part because I worked there from 1977 through 1982. There was another machine called the 190L based on the 120B, but attached to IBM mainframes like the 360 and 370. There was also another machine that more or less replaced the 120B, (if I'm not mistaking that with another company I worked for!) that was a less costly version, can't remember the name. The company did well under Winningstad but he handed over control to a fellow from Burroughs, and things kinda sputtered after that. I left for a company called Aptec Computer Systems which was a spinoff of FPS. Paul Bonneau Feb 24, 1008 —Preceding comment was added at 03:39, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
