2 Mar
2002
2 Mar
'02
10:23 p.m.
On Sat, 2 Mar 2002, Gunther Schadow wrote:
I don't think so... IIRC the DECdatasystems usually were packaged systems
with OS, tape, printer and disk... basically computer room in a truck.
They were usually for timeshare use (RSTS/E) or CTS-xxx.
Bill
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Don't know if it means any to you, but I have
a PDP-8/A under the
DECdatasystems label.
Right. That would fit in with my theory that when certain products or
models were getting old, DEC rehashed them as DECdatasystems instead of
just EOLing them. Give 'em a new name, maybe a slightly different look,
and (probably) sell them for less. This could have been done to compete
with the other guys, like DG, who were selling less expensive computers.
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Jeffrey S. Sharp
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