4 Feb
2003
4 Feb
'03
1:56 p.m.
On Sun, 2 Feb 2003, Jochen Kunz wrote:
They really aren't that old.
On 2003.02.01 12:43 vance(a)neurotica.com wrote:
Late '50's, early '60's. I'm mainly interested in companies who are
still
engaged in development in pre-UNIX platforms or their descendants.
are there any others left from way-back-when?
Define closer. 50'is, 60'is 70'is??? Oh yeah,
there's Siemens.
Well. The IT part of Siemens is based on the Zuse KG and later
merged
with Nixdorf...
Did I miss anyone?
SGI.
Sun.
Apple. Sequent was absorbed by IBM.
I was aware of this.
Motorola.
Do they still make computers?
Oliveti? Is Oliveti still alive?
Yes, but they currently only make telecomms equipment, as far as I know.
Robotron - dead.
I'm not familiar with them.
Fujitsu.
I mentioned Fujitsu.
NEC.
There's one I missed.
Norsk Data?
I'm not familiar with them either.
Intergraph left some years ago.
Indeed.
Symbolics? Isn't there a reminder of Symbolics
still alive?
Really? Do they still sell machines? I would love to have a brand new
LISP machine.
Intel!?
I don't know if they still make systems. Other than eval kits, that is.
Texas Instruments. (Still produceing DSPs)
Do they make machines?
Peace... Sridhar