Royal McBee
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Royal McBee was the name of the computer manufacturing and retail division of Royal Typewriter which made the early computers RPC 4000 and RPC 9000. Royal McBee partnered with General Precision in the Royal Precision Electronic Computer Company, which sold and serviced the LGP-30
(in 1956) and LGP-21 (in 1963) single-user desk computers manufactured by the Librascope division of General Precision. Royal McBee was based in Port Chester, New York
(cf. last page of LGP-30 Brochure).
The RPC-4000 is the computer on which Mel Kaye
performed a legendary programming task in machine code, retold by Ed Nather in the hacker epic The Story of Mel.
The name "Royal McBee" is now being used by a motion picture production company in South Florida, whose members were impressed with the precision themes of that era in technology.
LGP-30
The LGP-30, standing for Librascope General Purpose and then Librascope General Precision, was an early off-the-shelf computer. It was manufactured by the Librascope company of Glendale, California , and sold and serviced by the Royal Precision Electronic Computer Company, a joint venture with the...
(in 1956) and LGP-21 (in 1963) single-user desk computers manufactured by the Librascope division of General Precision. Royal McBee was based in Port Chester, New York
Port Chester, New York
Port Chester is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. The village is part of the town of Rye. As of the 2010 census, Port Chester had a population of 28,967...
(cf. last page of LGP-30 Brochure).
The RPC-4000 is the computer on which Mel Kaye
Mel Kaye
The Story of Mel is an archetypical piece of computer programming folklore. Its subject, Mel Kaye, is the canonical Real Programmer.- Story :Ed Nather’s The Story of Mel details the extraordinary programming prowess of a former collegue of his, "Mel", at Royal McBee Computer Corporation...
performed a legendary programming task in machine code, retold by Ed Nather in the hacker epic The Story of Mel.
The name "Royal McBee" is now being used by a motion picture production company in South Florida, whose members were impressed with the precision themes of that era in technology.