25 May
2011
25 May
'11
12:07 a.m.
At 3:53 PM -0700 5/24/11, Ian King wrote:
Oddly enough my first experience using *true* IBM PC's was to connect
to a Honeywell DPS-8 Mainframe running GCOS-8. In fact other than
using a Mac to play a couple Infocom games, that was my first
experience to a Mac as well... Technically my first experience with
UNIX as well since the Mac was running A/UX.
Much nicer in both cases than the ancient Honeywell terminals we had.
Zane
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My PC was
primarily a terminal and a data-interchange machine
for the PDP-11 and (later) the VAX.
...which, according to many items I've read, was IBM's original
intention for the PC - except that you were supposed to be
connecting to an IBM mainframe, not a DEC mini! :-) -- Ian