minus-squareConstableJelly@mastodon.socialtohistodons group@a.gup.pe•If history had taken another path, bar codes would look dramatically different today. Pictured: Here’s some of the options that were being considered, and the bull’s-eye was a favorite ⬇️linkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months ago@TheConversationUS @histodons Litton and RCA designs are quite pleasing. I wonder what the committee’s reasons were for selecting IBM in the end. Presumably it just worked better. Also wondering if RCA wound up retaliating at all as they threatened. linkfedilink
@TheConversationUS @histodons Litton and RCA designs are quite pleasing. I wonder what the committee’s reasons were for selecting IBM in the end. Presumably it just worked better. Also wondering if RCA wound up retaliating at all as they threatened.