7 Nov
1997
7 Nov
'97
4:29 p.m.
The Nova will
never be featured in the newspapers because it is not a
socially significant computer.
Two words, one of which is not printable, but the lead-in is
"Bull". There's more to life than microprocessors and
tiny boxes.
Well yes, even though that world is hidden from everyday view. The big
iron touches everyone these days in some way or another - AOL is not just
a roomful of micros, rather they probably have more big iron than anyone
but Uncle Sam - yet look at how many people use the service. In the past,
it was just the same, different application - everyone was processed by
hundreds of mainframe computers.
Of course, I may have been trolled here, but if
that's the case
I'll learn to deal with it.
Yes, but some things need saying. History often gets trashed if you do
not take in the big picture.
Question (maybe a test, but what the hell):
What social impact did the IBM-RT have?
William Donzelli
william(a)ans.net