29 Apr
1997
29 Apr
'97
11:53 p.m.
On Tue, 29 Apr 1997, Alexios Chouchoulas wrote:
On Mon, 28 Apr 1997, Sam Ismail wrote:
Unix and C are better left as show topics at Software Development Expo.
The PDP systems are great machines but I'd rather stick with the
micro-computer craze as the focus for the first show. This is not to say
that the classic mini's will not be highlighted. I plan on definitely
having them as part of the exhibit...maybe even a mainframe if I can get
a donor. Perhaps at the 2nd show we will focus on the 50s-60s era mini's
and mainframes.
Sam
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Yes, I realized that. The PDP-8 and PDP-11 are
definitely worthy of
mention, but did they really make the impact and have significance equal
to the Altair and the others? I'm sure you could argue to that effect.
Care to?
How about the advent of Unix and C? Both made for the PDP-11. And the
PDP-8 was considered the first potentially personal computer (it could fit
in your house, albeit it cost in the vicinity of $10k when it first came
out).
Ok, so the PDPs didn't influence hardware that much and they weren't home
computers. But software is equally important, and I don't even care to
estimate the percentage of running systems written in C.