11 Apr
2000
11 Apr
'00
7:57 a.m.
Charles P. Hobbs (SoCalTip)
asked:
Sort of speaking of which: did anyone ever buy any DEC
equipment
for home use (Not VAXen and stuff, I'm more thinking about their
PC's such as the Rainbow?)
I came this close (holding fingertips together) to buying an
R100 at about 1983(?) when I was taking an Assembler class on
one. By semesters end the price came down a bit but I think
it was still well over 2000. While thinking it over (<2 weeks)
the news came that it was discontinued and I wimped.
Too bad; I didn't notice many replies to this question!
P.S. I use a "Microsoft Home" mousepad as a sunlight phosphor
saver on my VT320. Oh, the irony.
John A.