24 Oct
1999
24 Oct
'99
7:50 p.m.
On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, Dave McGuire wrote:
On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, Mike Cheponis wrote:
>I've used a PDP-1, PDP-5, PDP-6, PDP-8, PDP-9, PDP-10, PDP-11, PDP-12,
>PDP-15 and VAX-11/780, VAX-11/750, VAX-11/785, and VAX-11/8600. I love DEC!
>I used to work for them!
>But these machines are obsolete, and that's
why we're discussing them here.
All of them. Automatically. Wait, let me
guess...because they're not PCs,
right?
I'm becoming curious as to exactly what criteria define "obsolete" in
your
mind. Not curious enough to ask, mind you, but curious nevertheless. ;)
OK, Dave! ;-)
All of the DEC machines I've used on the list, above, were introduced more
than 10 years ago.
That makes each of 'em "Classic Computers". Lucky us!
For example, I hope to become part of a team that restores a PDP-1. That
would be cool! (But I'm sure as heck not gonna browse the web on the '1 !)
-mac
p.s. (I don't know why you seem to think I love PCs; I think PCs really suck!
HOWEVER, a dx2/66 running Dhrystone 2.1 will be 2 to 3 times faster than
a VAX 6500.)