20 Jun
2005
20 Jun
'05
9:38 a.m.
Perhaps because DEC computers were fun and 360s were
not?
Yes, that is it. However, Univacs were apparently "fun" as well.
Given that a fair number of CC contributors are
European, this is
slightly surprising. Not that Philips ever was a particularly
impressive computer maker, but they did have some interesting
machines.
Yes, but Phillips was never even a dream close to being part of the BUNCH
or IBM.
"Interesting" does not always mean "historically significant", as
well. There are many "firsts" in the field of computering that did not
amount to a hill of beans - often the "seconds" are the ones that
matter. History tends to be defined by the common stuff, basically.
William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org